antique shop
A business dedicated to storing, selling, restoring, and trading in items from…A business dedicated to storing, selling, restoring, and trading in items from previous eras for their superficial and historical value, especially furniture and trinkets.
» Tom spent all day looking around antique shops.
Meaning
1 sensesA business dedicated to storing, selling, restoring, and trading in items from previous eras for their superficial and historical value, especially furniture and trinkets.
My grandmother Rosemary never cared much for antique shops, she preferred modern goods as opposed to the things of yore.
Antiquitätenladen, Antiquitätengeschäft
Examples
13 sentencesTom spent all day looking around antique shops.
I bought this watch at an antique shop.
Across from the bank is an antique shop.
He came across this old coin in an antique shop.
deEr hat diese alte Münze zufällig in einem Antiquitätengeschäft gefunden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom has a small antique shop right next to his house.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From antique (“noun”) + shop.From antique (“noun”) + shop.
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