shopkeeper
Americannoun
noun
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With glasses perched on his nose, 43-year-old shopkeeper Minati Rout completes his journey by passing a final test: separating small pebbles from grains of rice.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
But one Sparkhill shopkeeper says not everyone is not convinced by their arguments.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Just across the street at the Ali Bin Ali grocery store, a shopkeeper was more apprehensive as he arranged boxes of Iranian dates and nuts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
"Simba is very important to us because he keeps the shop clean of the mice," Austin Moreno, a shopkeeper in Manhattan, told AFP from behind his till.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
A shopkeeper was vigorously sweeping the sidewalk in front of his store.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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