winkeln.
/ˈvɪŋk(ə)l/ A store or general shop in South Africa.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > general store
general shop1803
variety shop or store1824
general store1827
winkel1827
tienda1844
1827 G. Thompson Trav. S. Afr. i. iii. 35 The village contains a couple of small retail shops, or winkels as they are called.
1839 W. C. Harris Wild Sports S. Afr. xxxvii. 332 We lost not a moment in opening a winkel, or shop.
1902 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 169/1 Richmond Road is not a township... It boasts of one winkel adjoining the railway buildings.
Derivatives
ˈwinkler n. a store-keeper.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > shopkeeper
merchantc1400
shopholder1443
shopkeeper1530
shopman1572
storekeeper1741
box wallah1826
winkler1853
storeman1858
1853 W. R. King Campaigning in Kaffirland vi. 139 ‘Winkel waggons’ had come out to the camp, and the ‘winklers’, or private traders, sold everything they had.
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