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op-shop

op-shop is the alternative form of op shop.

Meaning of op shop

Noun

op shop (plural op shops)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A shop, usually operated by a charity, to which new or used goods are donated, for sale at a low price.
    • The Lutherans, who have an Op Shop not far from ours, made friendly comparisons with the kind and quality of the goods. They had to get in through our Op Shop to the lower vestry and as they passed looked at our shelves and said ‘Amazing what people bring in’ and ‘We get quite a few of them too’.2001, Gwen Harwood, John Harwood, G. C. Kratzmann, editors, A Steady Storm of Correspondence: Selected Letters of Gwen Harwood, 1943-1995, page 446

Forms of op-shop

pluralop-shops

Questions about op-shop

What is op-shop the alternative form of?
Op-shop is the alternative form of op shop.

Words near op-shop in the dictionary

  1. op-amps
  2. op-ed
  3. op-edded
  4. op-edding
  5. op-eds
  6. op-shop
  7. op-shops
  8. op.
  9. opa
  10. Opa Locka
  11. Opa-Locka

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