STORE
NOUNS
1832 — RACKET STORE a variety store; a store that sells many kinds of goods, as shoes, clothing, cloth, curtain material, etc. → Amer. dial.
1853 — ALLSORTS SHOP a shop which sells miscellaneous goods; a general store
1890 — CHOVEY a shop → sl. (Bk.)
1909 — ABRAHAM a cheap clothier’s; a secondhand store → sl. (Bk.)
1938 — DIME STORE a store selling a variety of small items → US sl.
1940 — V AND X — V AND X STORE a corner store → African-American sl. (Latin V, 5 + X, 10, i.e. a ‘5 and 10 cent’ store)
1942 — ICEHOUSE a jewellery store → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1956 — BODEGA a small neighbourhood grocery store or convenience stores, orig, and still commonly, a Hispanic one → Amer. dial.
1956 — GEDUNK a place where sweets and snacks are sold → US sl.
1960 — NEEDMORE a nickname for a ratty little country store → Amer. dial.
1967 — ICEHOUSE a convenience store → Amer. dial.
1970 — BABBIE-SHOP — BABI-SHOP — BOBBYSHOP an Indian-owned store → S. Afr. sl.
1970 — HYPERMARKET a very large self-service store, usually situated outside a town, having an extensive car park, and selling a wide range of goods
1973 — CONFECTIONARY — CONFECTIONERY a small store where cigarettes, bread, and other basics are sold → Amer. dial.
1980 — MR. PATEL — MR. PATEL’S the local corner newspaper/sweet shop or small grocery → sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1876 — WULLIE A’THING a nickname for a general store-keeper, a shopman selling a miscellany of small merchandise → Sc.
1899 — CAPE MERCHANT the man who had charge of the general store or warehouse → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1998 — BALEBOSS the head of the house; a store owner; a manager; anyone in authority → Yiddish (Bk.)
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