Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: shopkeeper
IPA transcription: [ʃ'ɑpk,ipɚ]
Pronunciations of shopkeeper
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: shopkeeper, tradesman, storekeeper, market_keeper
    Meaning: a merchant who owns or manages a shop
Usage examples
  • Get to work, and gather a good lot of honey for me to sell to the shopkeeper in the autumn.
  • Upon such festival occasions the shopkeeper does not put up his shutters and leave his place of business, but the open shop-fronts add much to the gay appearance of the street.
  • And, indeed, what aristocratic philosophers have always maintained is that men really differ so much in capacity that one is happier for being a slave, another for being a shopkeeper, and a third for being a king.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Wife selling (English custom), License CC BY-SA 4.0