corner shops
corner shops is the plural of corner shop.
Meaning of corner shop
Noun
corner shop (plural corner shops)
- A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of everyday items and is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.
- After six such encounters in tiny corner shops which normally complained that they were out of sugar, that the cornflakes were late in again and that they couldn't get tomato sauce for love nor money, the Captain, his head reeling, had staggered into the High Street off-licence.1992, Robert Rankin, The Antipope, page 123
- Synonyms:
- minimart, newsagent, convenience store, c-store, 7-Eleven, corner store, variety store, dépanneur, milk bar, dairy
Questions about corner shops
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- Corner shops is the plural of corner shop.
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