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shopward

shopward adverb: toward a shop.

Adverb

shopward (not comparable)

  1. Toward a shop.
    • As the morning sun was exposing his countenance for about the thousandth time since Elnathan Yardstick had left the employment of his old master, and set up in the 'dry goods-line' for himself, the said Elnathan was seen to issue from his father's mansion and wend his way shopward, with a...1836, “Elnathan Yardstick”, in Atkinson's Casket, volume 11, page 262

Origin of shopward

From shop + -ward.

Questions about shopward

What does shopward mean?
Shopward means toward a shop.
What part of speech is shopward?
Shopward is an adverb.

Words near shopward in the dictionary

  1. shoptalks
  2. shopvac
  3. shopvacs
  4. shopwalker
  5. shopwalkers
  6. shopward
  7. shopwards
  8. shopway
  9. shopways
  10. shopwear
  11. shopwide

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