shop
do one's shopping
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,381 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,278 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- do one's shopping She goes shopping every Friday
- do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of also: patronize, patronise, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor
- shop around; not necessarily buying also: browse I don't need help, I'm just browsing
- give away information about somebody also: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
noun
- a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services also: store he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod
- small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done also: workshop
- a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity) also: shop class I built a birdhouse in shop
shop in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I know you won't go bleating all over the shop.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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I shall find out all about it at the wine shop.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He persuaded me to go into the shop and ask for a cake.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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Mrs. Dutton's fresh-coloured face changed as he entered the shop, and her still good eyes regarded him with scornful interrogation.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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Mme. Favoral could not enter a shop without being covertly complimented upon having found such a magnificent establishment for her daughter.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1