Meanings
plural shopkeeps
- informalA 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
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