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| patisserie |
a shop where fancy pastry, usu. French, is made and sold. [1/2 definitions] |
| patron |
a person who buys the goods or services of a business establishment, esp. a regular customer or client of a shop, hotel, restaurant, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| pawnshop |
a pawnbroker's shop or place of business. |
| pizzeria |
a restaurant or shop that serves pizza and usu. other Italian-style foods. |
| printer's devil |
an apprentice or errand boy in a print shop. |
| print shop |
a shop that sells prints, art reproductions, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| shopkeeper |
a person who manages or owns a shop. |
| shoppe |
shop (used mainly on store signs to suggest old-fashioned quaintness). |
| shop steward |
a unionized worker elected by other union members, usu. in a particular shop or department, to represent them in dealing with management. |
| storekeeper |
a person who owns or operates a retail shop or small store. [1/2 definitions] |
| ticket |
a similar object with which one can redeem some possession, as at a pawn shop or dry-cleaning establishment, upon payment of the required amount. [1/10 definitions] |
| toolroom |
a room in which tools are stored or, in a machine shop, where they are made and repaired. |
| tourist trap |
a shop, restaurant, nightclub, or the like that charges high prices to tourists. |
| union shop |
a shop, business, or the like, whose employees are required to join a union. |
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