Definition of "shopkeeping" [shopkeeping]

• The business of operating a shop (noun)

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• "A poet was a law unto himself, and should not be judged harshly from what might be termed a shopkeeping point of view."
• "Our English ancestors were called a shopkeeping nation by"
• "Irish peasant, would suggest the idea of shopkeeping: the men, dressed in duck clothing and Scotch caps, voluntarily appeared with the soldiers, and presented their necessaries for inspection."