| 单词 | spaza shop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspaza shop A small, unregulated and unlicensed grocery shop in a township, usually run from a private house. Frequently (and in earliest use) attributive, esp. in spaza shop. ΚΠ 1988 N.Y. Times 13 Nov. f8/2 Backyard retail operations [in South Africa], known as ‘spaza’ shops. 1991 World Press Rev. July 42/2 Nokwhakha..has her small spaza, or grocery shop, looking packed and prosperous. 2002 Africa 72 539 In the early 1990s he moved into the growing informal settlement, where he ran a small spaza store. 2010 Guardian (Nexis) 5 June (Travel section) 2 Every village has a spaza, a store selling basic provisions including, happily, cold beer. 2016 T. Noah Born a Crime iii. 41 A black-market economy rose up, with every type of business being run out of someone's house... The most common were the spaza shops and the shebeens. < as lemmas |
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