Definition of shopkeeper
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Always ask someone nearby, a shopkeeper or guard, to help you ID the closest major landmark that the driver would need to know—the name of cross street, a monument, or a restaurant that all the drivers would know.
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Lopez Obrador, 64, a longtime Mexican politician and shopkeeper’s son from the southern state of Tabasco, is scheduled to take office on Dec. 1 for a single six-year term.
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Videos posted to social media showed protesters at the bazaar heckling shopkeepers who refused to close.
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Videos posted to social media showed protesters at the bazaar heckling shopkeepers who refused to close.
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Recently, African Americans engaged in benign activities have been viewed through criminal-tinted glasses by neighbors, shopkeepers or people just passing by.
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Many were shopkeepers or working at Turkish fast-food restaurants when they were gunned down by Zschaepe’s two accomplices — Uwe Boehnhardt and Uwe Mundlos.
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But shopkeepers fear that Walmart’s acquisition of the retail company could drive local mom-and-pop shops out of business, Reuters reports.
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In the Swat valley, thugs beat up shopkeepers selling the black-and-red Afghan hats Mr. Pashteen has popularized as symbols of Pashtun empowerment.
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First Known Use of shopkeeper
1530
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: someone who owns or manages a shop or store
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