shoppe
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shoppe
Deliberately archaized spelling
Example Sentences
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But as we celebrated her monumental birthday, I learned that her happiness came in the form of an apple pizza, prepared only a block away by a red-brick home-turned-"specialty shoppe" called Country Style.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022
The picture — dispatched to the world by a fed up German diplomat inside the Canadian china shoppe — is marvelous for so many reasons.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 10, 2018
You can hardly hurl a beret in the timeworn narrow streets of the Vieux Nice neighborhood without hitting some olde shoppe stuffed with lavender soaps, chintz-print tablecloths and other ubiquitous Provençal products.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2014
But Leander was defeated in his patriarch's role when his ferryboat was beached by women and turned into a gift shoppe.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gen. Praie, Gentlemen, which call you Beeches shoppe?
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
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