sex shop
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sex shop
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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Interviews with more than a dozen soldiers, soldiers’ partners, psychologists, sex shop owners and others in Ukraine show that reality is far darker than the wartime romances produced by Hollywood.
From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2023
He has hopes that the church — which is situated between a marijuana retail store, a sex shop and downtrodden motels — will help improve the neighborhood.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2021
He was also in the movie “UHF,” where he played Richard Fletcher; 1986’s “The Frog Prince,” where he voiced the title character; and “Eating Raoul,” where he was a sex shop attendant.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2021
Some were suspicious, Mr. Seliger said on a recent afternoon as he strolled eastward on Christopher Street, passing a former sex shop that’s now home to a Mediterranean seafood restaurant.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2016
“The large audience was composed for the most part of the male sex, shop assistants, and milliners’ apprentices.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles
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