multiple shop
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of multiple shop
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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One enterprising firm of multiple shop grocers is said to have already engaged a troupe of performing cheeses to keep the customers amused during the long wait.
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From a "multiple shop" catalogue:— "SMOKING ROOM.—The decorations are well worth a special note, and are quite unique of their kind, being without a match anywhere."
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Should he wish for the triumph of labor or capital: the success of the co-operative movement, the triumph of the multiple shop or the private trader, of guilds of workers or autocrats of industry?
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