To smell of the shop
(gcide) | Shop \Shop\, n. [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a
storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a
shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG.
scopf.]
1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs,
etc., are sold by retail.
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From shop to shop
Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks
The polished counter. --Cowper.
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2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe
shop; a car shop.
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A tailor called me in his shop. --Shak.
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3. A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like,
as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.;
-- sometimes in deprecation or disapproval; as, to talk
shop at a party. Also used attributively, as in shop talk.
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4. A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's
shop; also, (Slang), any of the various places of business
which are commonly called offices, as of a lawyer, doctor,
broker, etc.
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5. Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.
[Slang, Chiefly Eng.]
6. the group of workers and the activities controlled by an
administrator; as, to have five people in one's shop.
[Colloq.]
Note: Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as,
shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief;
shop window, or shop-window, etc.
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To smell of the shop, to indicate too distinctively one's
occupation or profession.
To talk shop, to make one's business the topic of social
conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's
employment. [Colloq.]
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Syn: Store; warehouse. See Store.
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