A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail. "From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter."
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A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop."A tailor called me in his shop."
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A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; sometimes in deprecation or disapproval; as, to talk shop at a party. Also used attributively, as in shop talk.
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A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop; also, (Slang), Any of the various places of business which are commonly called offices, as of a lawyer, doctor, broker, etc.
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Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc. (Slang, Chiefly Eng.)
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The group of workers and the activities controlled by an administrator; as, to have five people in one's shop. (Colloq.) Note: Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as, shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief; shop window, or shop-window, etc.
To smell of the shop, to indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession.
To talk shop, to make one's business the topic of social conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment. (Colloq.)
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