shoppe
(ʃɒp, ˈʃɒpɪ)
an archaic form of shop n. now used affectedly (as in the names of tea-shops, etc.) to suggest quaint, old-world charm. Cf. olde a.
| 1933 J. Betjeman Ghastly Good Taste 138 Arts and Crafts. Gentle folk weaving and spinning; Modern Church Furnishing; Old Tea Shoppes. 1948 [see gift shop s.v. gift n. 9 b]. 1957 E. Pound tr. Rimbaud 15 What lures the aintient truss-maker from his shoppe whose luxury Sucked in the passers-by. 1979 L. Kallen Introducing C. B. Greenfield i. 10 This is a business office, not a tea shoppe. |