shopkeeper
noun
a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
shopkeeping
-
a word derived from
shopkeeper.
Example Sentences
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It was in this spirit that she asked the store’s previous owner, Roger Page, if his enthusiasm for shopkeeping might be waning in 2015.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
However, if you want to add some less conventional titles to your collection, family-first dungeon crawler Children of Morta, and the shopkeeping hack-and-slash simulator, Moonlighter, are also discounted right now.
From The Verge ● Aug. 8, 2022
To his shopkeeping friend who can’t wait to bolt to Europe, there’s no future of any kind in Gaza.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
Partly their differences were regional, the merchant and shopkeeping economy of Philadelphia vs. the plantation economy of Virginia.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2020
Few fortunes have been made by simple shopkeeping.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 421 Volume 17, New Series, January 24, 1852 by William Chambers
