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SHOPS
Noun
shops
plural of shop
Verb
shops
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shop
Anagrams
• sophs, sposh
Source: Wiktionary
SHOP
Shop, obs.
Definition: imp. of Shape. Shaped. Chaucer.
Shop, n. Etym: [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.]
1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail. From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter. Cowper.
2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop. A tailor called me in his shop. Shak.
Note: Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as, shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief; shop window, or shop- window, etc. To smell of the shop, to indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession.
– To talk shop, to make one's business the topic of social conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment. [Colloq.]
Syn.
– Store; warehouse. See Store.
Shop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Shopping.]
Definition: To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods. He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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