shoppe
pronunciation
How to pronounce shoppe in British English:
UK ['ʃɒp]
How to pronounce shoppe in American English:
US ['ʃɒp]
Word Origin
- shoppe (n.)
- one of several Middle English variations of shop (n.). It appears in Chaucer. Noted by 1918 as an antiquarian affectation in U.S. commercial establishments. YE EAT SHOPPE 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]
Example
- 1. At the apothecary shoppe don never wears a white coat .
- 2. Mr. brick had never used a broker-to him they were just as untrustworthy as doctors-so he went to the apothecary shoppe for help .
- 3. He placed special orders at the apothecary shoppe : echinacea goldenseal chamomile teas .