单词 | allsorts shop |
释义 | > as lemmasallsorts shop allsorts shop n. (usually in form all-sorts shop) now rare a shop which sells miscellaneous goods; a general store. ΚΠ 1853 E. C. G. Murray From Mayfair to Marathon xxiv. 267 We halt at a small all-sorts shop, where an intelligent little girl is dealing out small jorums of oil, and cigars, and cheese. 1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin xiv. 260 He kept a little all-sorts shop, the stock in which ranged from pastry and sweet-stuff to pins and needles. 1937 W. de la Mare This Year, Next Year An all-sorts shop. 1970 L. R. Banks Backward Shadow iv. 49 ‘What was here?’ she asked. ‘All-sorts shop,’ I said. ‘Very dingy, doomed to fail.’ < as lemmas |
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