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big shops

big shops is the plural of big shop.

Meaning of big shop

Noun

big shop (plural big shops)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, shop.
  2. (Australia, UK, idiomatic) A large, regular purchase of groceries; as opposed to ad hoc or impulse purchases.
    • I do a monthly big shop and get bits in between. I think I would be better off planning meals for the week and going weekly.2007 July 23, Angela, “Food shopping: Weekly or Monthly?”, in Netmums, retrieved 17 Nov 2016

Questions about big shops

What is big shops the plural of?
Big shops is the plural of big shop.

Words near big shops in the dictionary

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  6. big shops
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