sex shop

American  

noun

1. a store that sells products relating to sexual interests or activities.

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sex shop British  

noun

1. 1. a shop selling aids purporting to increase the pleasurableness of sexual activity

   2. a shop selling erotica and pornographic material

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Etymology

Origin of sex shop

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

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

The new Charlie Kaufman film, “Anomalisa,” is set in five places: an airplane, a taxi, a hotel, a sex shop, and a family home.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 18, 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