SHOP, SHOP ASSISTANT, SHOPKEEPER, SHOPKEEPING, SHOPPING
ADJECTIVES
1656 — TABERNARIOUS belonging to shops or taverns → obs.
1751 — OFFICINAL pert. to a shop
NOUNS
1709 — KNACKATORY a shop for knick-knacks → obs.
1730 — WAREHOUSE a shop → obs.
1796 — THRUM-SHOP a rag or odd-and-end shop → Eng. dial.
1813 — HABERDASHERY the shop or establishment of a haberdasher
1819 — CRIB a house or residence; a home; a shop, a public house, etc. → thieves’ sl.
1841 — CAPELOCRACY the shopkeeping class or their interests
.M19 — BUTTIKEN a shop → sl.
.M19 — HOLE IN THE WALL a small shop → sl.
1853 — ALLSORTS SHOP a shop which sells miscellaneous goods; a general store
1855 — TAGARENE SHOP an old clothes or rag shop → N. Eng. dial.
1858 — CREAMERY a shop where milk, cream, butter, etc. are sold, and light refreshments supplied
1860 — GUTTLE-SHOP a tuck-shop → Brit. school usage
1885 — BADGE — BADGE-SHOP a small shop where groceries and provisions are sold, generally on credit → Eng. dial.
1893 — JOHN A’THINGS’ SHOP the general shop of a village or small town → Sc.
1893 — JUMBLE-SHOP a shop where very miscellaneous goods are sold
..20C — IN-AND-OUT SHOP a shop in a corridor along which are displayed the items for sale → sl.
1905 — MERCHANT shopping, the purchasing of goods → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — MESSAGES shopping → Sc. sl.
1917 — RABAIS SHOP a small shop selling cheap or secondhand goods → Amer. dial.
1920 — GAFF a house or shop, a home → sl.
1950 — LALLA SHOP a small shop dealing in cheap miscellany, and secondhand wares and clothing, generally thought to be disreputable and catering to a low grade patronage → Amer. dial.
1970 — PAKI — THE PAKI — THE PAKI‘S a corner shop; a small supermarket; in later use, regardless of the race of the owner → sl.
1973 — GLASS a shop window → US sl.
1992 — MRS MOP a shop → UK rhyming sl.
1992 — MRS MOPPING shopping → UK rhyming sl.
1997 — LINCOLN DROP the small tray near a shop’s cash till with pennies which customers may use for making exact payments → US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
1650 — APRONEER a shopkeeper → colloq.
1712 — SILK-WORM a woman given to frequenting drapers’ shops and examining goods without buying → obs.
1829 — COUNTER-JUMPER a shop assistant or shopkeeper → sl., derogatory
1849 — GENTLEMAN OF THE COUNTER a shop clerk → UK sl.
1855 — BANYAN a Hindu merchant or shopkeeper (Bk.)
1858 — COUNTER-SKIPPER a shopman or shopkeeper’s assistant; one who jumps over a counter → contemptuous usage
1880 — GANGER a shop-walker → Sc. obs.
1891 — ANN-CHOVEY a shopwoman → costermongers’ sl. (Bk.)
..L19 — CALICOT a ‘counter-jumper’; a shop assistant → sl.
1905 — MASSER a shopkeeper, a mercer → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1909 — SHOPPIE — SHOPPY a shop assistant → sl.
1909 — TAX-FENCER a disreputable shopkeeper, whose prices are set extortionately high → UK sl.
1925 — OICKMAN a labourer, a shopkeeper; hence, an objectionable fellow → UK sl.
1956 — BOX-WALLAH a shopkeeper, retailer, or businessman → Anglo-Indian
1978 — BAZAARI an Iranian merchant or shop owner
VERBS
1902 — DO THE MESSAGES to go on a small local shopping trip → Aust. sl.
1968 — DEAL AROUND to shop around → Amer. dial.
1992 — MRS MOP to shop → UK rhyming sl.
1995 — SHOP TILL ONE DROPS to shop until one has no more energy left → US sl. (Bk.)