1648 No. 26 sig. Bb4v The Meal shops in London hold up their old price.
1873 Nov. 413/1 In the Rotterdam meal-shops, not a speck of flour is seen save where it belongs.
1901 Feb. 234 The sign of the Provincial Bank of Ireland almost faces our windows; and although it is used as a meal shop the rest of the week, they tell us that two thousand pounds in money is needed there on Fair days.