shoplet

UK/ˈʃɒplət//ˈʃɑplət/

shoplet noun: a small shop.

Noun

shoplet (plural shoplets)

(rare) A small shop.
- […] that shoplet so obscurely placed amid other dark-browed houses […]1897, Margaret Barker Wright, Hired Furnished, Boston: Roberts Brothers, pages 383–384
- ""At the Sign of the Jack-o'-Lantern" sounds like the name of a Hallowe'en comedietta, or perhaps of an arts-and-crafts shoplet […]1905 August, “The Lounger”, in The Critic and Literary World, volume XLVII, number 2, page 108

[…] to me it was encouragingly romantic to be recommended to a remailleuse […] whose shoplet was "en face de la Tour de Charlemagne, Madame."1924, Alice Van Leer Carrick, Collector's Luck in France, Boston: The Atlantic Montly Press, page 92:
[…] so long as he left 1 m 20 between the shoplet and his premises he has complied with the scheme's provisions.1945, A.M. Apelbom et al., editors, Law of Landlord and Tenant in Palestine, Tel-Aviv: S. Bursi, page 137:

plural	shoplets

From shop + -let.

What does shoplet mean?: Shoplet means a small shop.
How do you use shoplet in a sentence?: […] to me it was encouragingly romantic to be recommended to a remailleuse […] whose shoplet was "en face de la Tour de Charlemagne, Madame."
What part of speech is shoplet?: Shoplet is a noun.
How do you pronounce shoplet?: Shoplet is pronounced /ˈʃɒplət/ (UK).
What is the plural of shoplet?: The plural of shoplet is shoplets.

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