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shoppe

shoppe noun: a fanciful spelling of shop, chiefly used in the names of businesses to give an air of old-fashionedness.

Noun

shoppe (plural shoppes)

  1. A fanciful spelling of shop, chiefly used in the names of businesses to give an air of old-fashionedness.
    • It's called “Ye Olde Grog Shoppe”, but really it's the new liquor shop and it opened just last month.
    • [T]hey ate delicious food in a delightful dining-room that looked like a Cornish tea shoppe, with vases of flowers and fascinating wildlife pictures all over the walls.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 110

Forms of shoppe

pluralshoppes

Questions about shoppe

What does shoppe mean?
Shoppe means a fanciful spelling of shop, chiefly used in the names of businesses to give an air of old-fashionedness.
What part of speech is shoppe?
Shoppe is a noun.
What is the plural of shoppe?
The plural of shoppe is shoppes.

Words near shoppe in the dictionary

  1. shopoholics
  2. shopowner
  3. shopowners
  4. shoppability
  5. shoppable
  6. shoppe
  7. shopped
  8. shopped around
  9. shopper
  10. shoppers
  11. shoppertainment

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