| 单词 | to keep shop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep shop P4. to keep shop, (in early use also †to keep the shop, †to keep (an) open shop): to be a shopkeeper; to manage a shop. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (intransitive)] > keep shop or work in shop to keep shopa1450 to serve the shop1566 serve1759 shop-walk1905 a1450 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Douce 295) vii. xxvii. f. 178 Wher by schulde men knowyn an opyn vsurere..Ȝif he kepe opyn stacioun or opyn schoppe to lenyn..for vsure. 1515 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 96 Thewe..bought..all maner of merchandise..and kept ane oppin Schoopp for Retailling of the same. 1683 Dutch Rogue 208 He hired also a maid to keep the shop, to dispatch errands, and the like. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 61 He first kept shop at the sign of our Lady of Piety. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxiii. 232 Rob was despatched for a coach, the visitors keeping shop meanwhile. 2008 Africa 78 423 Wives, sons or nephews keep shop during the owner's absence. < as lemmas |
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