antique shop
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antique shop noun: a business dedicated to storing, selling, restoring, and trading in items from previous eras for their superficial and historical value, especially furniture and trinkets.
Noun
antique shop (plural antique shops)
- A business dedicated to storing, selling, restoring, and trading in items from previous eras for their superficial and historical value, especially furniture and trinkets.
- My grandmother Rosemary never cared much for antique shops, she preferred modern goods as opposed to the things of yore.
- New Alresford is constantly mispronounced, T-shaped, honeycombed with cellars, packed with antique shops, riddled with woodworm, surrounded by watercress. The name - which means 'ford by the alders' - is pronounced 'Allsford'; and no one ever uses 'New', though they do call the adjoining village...1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 144
- Synonyms:
- antiques store, antique store
Synonyms of antique shop
Forms of antique shop
| plural | antique shops |
|---|---|
| alternative form | antiques shop |
Origin of antique shop
From antique (“noun”) + shop.
Questions about antique shop
- What does antique shop mean?
- Antique shop means a business dedicated to storing, selling, restoring, and trading in items from previous eras for their superficial and historical value, especially furniture and trinkets.
- What part of speech is antique shop?
- Antique shop is a noun.
- What is the plural of antique shop?
- The plural of antique shop is antique shops.
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