shopwindow
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shopwindow
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; shop, window
Example Sentences
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Instead, their best clues to Perestroika’s whereabouts come from an Irish telephone psychic who sees the young filly “walking down the street, looking into shopwindows.”
From Seattle Times
He stood rooted in front of a shopwindow.
From Literature
People were still painting on the shopwindows, but this time the painters were the bearded people, the shop owners themselves.
From Literature
Mariam saw festive lanterns hanging from shopwindows, heard music blaring from loudspeakers.
From Literature
From the top, they watch the small figures of tourists stroll past shopwindows.
From Literature
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