shoppe

shoppe: shoppe one of several Middle English variations of SHOP (Cf. shop) (n.). It appears in Chaucer. Noted by 1918 as an antiquarian affectation in U.S. commercial establishments.

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I admit that the name is against it. As a matter of fact, 732 Eighth Avenue is nothing more nor less than a good old-fashioned midnight lunch-room camouflaged by a flossy title. [Helen Worden Erskine, "The Real New York," 1933]

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shoppe — [ ʃap ] noun count an old word meaning a store : a candy shoppe … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
shoppe — [shäp] n. alt. sp. of SHOP (sense 1): early sp. now used faddishly, esp. in the names of such shops … English World dictionary
shoppe — UK [ʃɒp] / US [ʃɑp] noun [countable] Word forms shoppe : singular shoppe plural shoppes an old word meaning shop , sometimes used on signs … English dictionary
shoppe — noun A fanciful spelling of , chiefly used in the names of businesses to give an air of old fashionedness. Its called Ye Olde Grog Shoppe, but really its the new liquor shop and it opened just last month … Wiktionary
shoppe — noun see shop I, 2b … New Collegiate Dictionary
shoppe — /shop/, n. shop (used chiefly for quaint effect). [deliberately archaized sp.] * * * … Universalium
Shoppe — Gå på indkøb i butikker … Danske encyklopædi
shoppe — [[t]ʃɒp[/t]] n. cvb a shop • Etymology: deliberately archaized sp … From formal English to slang
shoppe — shop|pe vb., r, de, t … Dansk ordbog
shoppe — variant of shop … Useful english dictionary

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