medicine shop
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Scientists’ fascination with G. blacki began in 1935, when anthropologist Gustav von Koenigswald spotted what was being sold as a “dragon tooth” in a Hong Kong traditional medicine shop.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 10, 2024
Empty palm tree-lined roads led to a mall where a karaoke lounge, a birds-nest museum and a herbal medicine shop were among the outlets shuttered.
From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2023
The Shang were long thought to be a mythological dynasty like the Xia until scholars in the late nineteenth century discovered old turtle shells inscribed with Chinese characters in a medicine shop.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Next door, Hugo Luu has converted his herbal medicine shop, which he opened 13 years ago, to a market called Yue Wa.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2022
A little below the hotel, on the same side, Chassy Robb's store served as post-office, and the nearest approach to a medicine shop in the township.
From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah
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