gift shop

noun

: a store (such as a small store in a museum) that sells things which might be given people as gifts

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Look for it at numerous shops at the theme park, including the main store just outside the park or the hotel gift shop. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026 Or duck into Buddy, the fabulous Chicago Cultural Center gift shop, any day downtown. — Allison Yates, Midwest Living, 3 Nov. 2026 Veronika Slowikowska and Grace Reiter nailed it as Kelly Clarkson and the mechanical singing bird from Clarkson’s online feud with a Brooklyn gift shop. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2026 As the story goes, Konheim wore one and sent the other 59 to the designer’s Madison Avenue store, where an enterprising security guard took one to his other job at the Metropolitan Opera gift shop. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gift shop

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“Gift shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gift%20shop. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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