shopmate

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noun

A person working in the same shop.

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Meanings

nounshopmate (plural shopmates)

plural shopmates

  1. A person working in the same shop.

    Of the latter class many would come because they would not be chaffed by their shopmates for going into a theatre on Sunday, though they would be most fearfully if they went to church or chapel.

    1868, The London City Mission Magazine, volume XXXIII, page 33

Origin

From shop + -mate.

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Cite this entry
APA

shopmate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopmate

MLA

“shopmate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopmate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shopmate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopmate.

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