shoe shop
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- noun
- /ʃuː ʃɑːp/
- UK
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zapatería
- She found a great pair of boots at the local shoe shop.
- runs a shoe shop
Examples
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Claude had half-owned a shoe shop in one of the hotels downtown, but his partner had died, and because of some legalities in the lease, he had lost the concession.
Fiction book (2000) -
Every Saturday, he visits the shoe shop to check for new arrivals.
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Charan's introduction to business came early while working in the family shoe shop in the small Indian town where he was raised.
Blog text (33) -
You know, the case is going great, so I walk up this hill and I'm walking up, and all of a sudden I see this little shoe shop in the corner.
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When you try shoes on, you will go for a walk in the shoe shop, but it's not a walk you'll ever do anywhere else outside of the shoe shop.
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I’ve got a job starting on Monday in a shoe shop.
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I even got a Christmas card from the foreign man who owns the shoe shop in town... and he's not even a Christian; he's a Mexican!
Blog text (32) -
No way to hear her in this shoe shop. " Claude has circumspectly turned and guided the man toward the cash register while whisking the material of his suit.
Fiction book (2000) -
Pouce and Poussy would go into dress shops or into a shoe shop, and they would try on dresses and sandals that looked like Roman buskins, ignoring the two boys waiting outside who were waving and making faces at them through the window.
Fiction book (2001) -
The new shoe shop downtown has a wide selection of styles.
Synonyms
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A shop where people buy goods like food or clothes
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A place where people buy things and pay for services
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A shop that sells shoes
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A shop that sells goods in small amounts directly to people
A place where people buy shoes
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Morphology
The meaning 'a shop where shoes are sold' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'shoe' (covering for the foot) with 'shop' (a place to buy goods). This noun+noun compound follows common cross-linguistic compounding patterns and is fully predictable for a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Shoe shop shows a clear picture: a store that sells shoes, so people called it a shop for shoes. So today it means 'a shop where shoes are sold'.