SHOP (2)

Shop, n. [[OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.]] 1. 1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.
From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter. Cowper. 2. 2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.
A tailor called me in his shop. Shak. ☞ Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as, shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief; shop window, or shop-window, etc. To smell of the shop, to indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession. — To talk shop, to make one's business the topic of social conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment. Syn. — Store; warehouse. See Store.