curio shop
Oddments retail establishment
A curio shop sells curiosities—unusual objects, antiques, collectibles, and exotic items.
These small stores traffic in the odd and interesting: vintage trinkets, foreign artifacts, taxidermy, old maps, strange mechanical devices.
The term evokes dusty shelves crammed with eclectic finds: We spent an hour poking around a curio shop in the French Quarter.
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- estate saleLiquidation of household contents
- trinketSmall worthless ornament
- dustyCoated with fine particles
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
hidden gem · vintage · bric-a-brac · collectible · conversation piece · knickknack · dust collector · shelves · musty · treasure · back room · porcelain · brass · junk · relic · secondhand · figurine · cluttered
- shopsboutique, store, bakery, bookstores, bookstore
- secondhand shoppingthrift store, flea market, garage sale, yard sale, estate sale
- antiquesantiques, antique furniture, antique, antique coins, Greek vases
- roadsidehighway, rest stop, interstate, rest area, turnpike
curio shopdepartment store
Large multi-section retail establishment
big-box store · superstore · chain store · megastore · warehouse store
curio shophardware store
Retail outlet for tools
appliance store · office supply store · auto parts store · home improvement store · grocery store
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