shopwindow

[ shop-win-doh ]

noun

Origin of shopwindow

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at shop, window

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Relief agencies need to be able to "sell" a disaster to donors; TV reports are their shop window.
The Untold Disaster | Jonathan Miller | August 15, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
But at the instant I caught a sight of my counterfeit presentment in a shop window, and veiled my haughty crest.
God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
I bought it out of a shop window those two knowing ones pass twice every day of their lives.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles Reade
Somehow, they both looked very young as they stood outside the shop window, gazing back at the marvellous display within.
Red Pepper Burns | Grace S. Richmond
In almost every shop window was a placard similar to the one in the bank.
Tom Slade with the Colors | Percy K. Fitzhugh

A Church Porch—a lady entering it, and a youth out of a wine-shop window ogling her.
A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 | William Makepeace Thackeray

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