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shopkeep

shopkeep noun: a shopkeeper.

Noun

shopkeep (plural shopkeeps)

  1. (informal) A shopkeeper.
    • In Manhattan alone, you should not be able to walk two blocks Thursday night without a shopkeep handing you a glass of Champagne.2009 September 10, Eric Wilson, “On Fashion’s Night Out, Shopping Too”, in New York Times

Forms of shopkeep

pluralshopkeeps

Questions about shopkeep

What does shopkeep mean?
Shopkeep means a shopkeeper.
What part of speech is shopkeep?
Shopkeep is a noun.
What is the plural of shopkeep?
The plural of shopkeep is shopkeeps.

Words near shopkeep in the dictionary

  1. shophets
  2. shophouse
  3. shophouses
  4. shophroth
  5. shophtim
  6. shopkeep
  7. shopkeeper
  8. shopkeeper's privilege
  9. shopkeeperess
  10. shopkeeperesses
  11. shopkeeperish

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