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pet shop

noun
/ˈpɛt ʃɒp/UK/ˈpɛt ʃɑp/US

Etymology

From pet + shop.

  1. inherited from *skub-✻
  2. inherited from *skupp-✻
  3. inherited from sċoppa — “shed; booth; stall; shop”
  4. inherited from shoppe
  5. compounded as pet shop — “pet + shop”

Definitions

  1. A shop that sells animals kept as domestic pets, and products for caring for and feeding…

    A shop that sells animals kept as domestic pets, and products for caring for and feeding them.

    • […] Mr. Wilham's fashionable West End pet-shop, where dogs lived in excelsior-floored cubicles, appealing to the passers-by.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pet (adjective), shop: (dated) A favourite or cherished shop.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for pet shop. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA