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shopper|ˈʃɒpə(r)|
[f. shop v. + -er1.]
1. a. One who frequents a shop or shops for the purpose of inspecting or buying goods.
1860Mrs. Gaskell Let. 27 Aug. (1966) 632 She is very dainty-fingered, a beautiful ready workwoman, a capital shopper &c. 1862Guardian 3 Sept. 847/2 It [Paris] is a city not only of pleasure seekers, but of keen and indefatigable shoppers. 1910Annie Thornton Leaves Afghan Scrapbk. 170 This was [Queen] Ulya Hazrat's messenger and chief shopper.
b. An advertising sheet or newspaper.
1958Palmer & Gilmore in W. C. Clark Journalism Tomorrow iii. 32 The little advertising sheet, often called a shopper... In a few cases, the shopper can be converted into a fine-looking, profitable weekly newspaper. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 16 Oct., He would junk a lot of the expensive radio and TV commercials, spend the money instead in shoppers and small town weeklies, where you can buy the whole back page for $65.
c. A shopping bag or trolley.
1968H. C. Rae Few Small Bones ii. v. 113 He bought enough tinned food..to last him a full week, then lugging the laden shopper, set out along the main street. 1970Kay & Co. (Worcester) Catal. 1970–71 Autumn/Winter 934 (caption) Giant size trolley shoppers. Ibid., Tartan shopper. Novelty-shaped large capacity zip-top Shopping bag in Black Watch Tartan. 1978H. R. F. Keating Long Walk to Wimbledon ix. 137 The wheels of Marigold's shopper squeaked.
2. slang. An informer.
1924E. Wallace Room 13 xxxi. 300 Jeffrey's going to shop you sooner or later, because he's a natural born shopper. 1955P. Wildeblood Against Law 105 ‘Shoppers’... people who go to the cop-shop and squeal on their friends.
Add:[1.] d. A small-wheeled bicycle with a basket, suitable for use while shopping.
1973Exchange & Mart 15 Nov. 36/1 (Advt.), Wanted: Moulton or Raleigh Shopper plus boys sports cycle. 1978Watson & Gray Penguin Bk. Bicycle iii. 79 The small-wheel ‘shopper’. 1987Bicycle Action Aug. 7/2 The saddle..was bright, bright red and..looked like the sort of thing you see on a shopper which may explain why it had such a clumsy appearance on a touring bike. |