Piggly Wigglyn.
/ˌpɪɡl̩ɪˈwɪɡl̩i/, /ˌpɪɡlɪˈwɪɡli/, U.S. /ˌpɪɡ(ə)liˈwɪɡ(ə)li/ U.S.
A type of self-service grocery store. Also in extended use. Frequently attributive.A proprietary name in the U.S.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > other types of shop
show shop1787
lock-up shop1795
cash-store1811
boat shop1813
slaughter shop1841
slaughterhouse1851
ticket-shop1851
charity shop1853
magic shop1853
company store1872
Army and Navy1878
five-and-ten1880
farthing-shop1889
funeral home1895
goodwill1916
shop-within-(a)-shop1916
cash and carry1917
Piggly Wiggly1917
poverty shop1948
discount house1949
anchor1960
box store1976
mom-and-pop1976
op shop1978
duty-free1980
pound shop1983
pop-up2000
1917 Printers' Ink 20 Dec. 17/1 Perhaps no chain of stores that has been organized in recent years has been the object of so much curiosity and speculation as the Piggly Wiggly stores, which were started in Memphis, Tenn., in 1916.
1928 Publishers' Weekly 10 Nov. 1972/2 The obvious objection to the idea of a Piggly-Wiggly bookshop is that few book stores are adapted to the customary Piggly-Wiggly pattern.
1989 Horticulture Oct. 7/2 Some folks don't want to dress for the garden then change pants for a trip to the Piggly-Wiggly.
2003 Smithsonian Feb. 98/3 At the Piggly Wiggly grocery, in a considerably less tony part of town, they happily examine packages of pigs trotters (feet) and stock up on Duke's mayonnaise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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