Meanings
plural shopways
- rareThe way that leads to a shop.
[…] finally, in a somewhat dishevelled, chipped, and discoloured condition, he was assisted to his coat and shown out by the back door, the shopway being barred by Jennie.
1896, H. G. Wells, The Purple Pileus1 more example
But sadness could not come to us when shopping, and our eager eyes looked long at the signs above the open shopways. There were long black signs of lacquer with letters of raised gold, or red ones with the characters carved and gilded.
1942, Elizabeth Cooper, My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard
Origin
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