Shoppe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Shoppe is a noun meaning A fanciful spelling of shop, chiefly used in the names of businesses to give an air of old-fashionedness.
Meaning
A fanciful spelling of shop, chiefly used in the names of businesses to give an air of old-fashionedness.
Example Sentences
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.
“Let's go to The Sweet Shoppe—a place you will get to know very well—grab dessert, then go back to our room. We can talk boys, compare class schedules, and maybe do some unpacking and decorating?”
Word Forms
- shoppes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include olde, shopwoman, shopgirl, shopmaid, shoplady, shopkeepress.
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