shopmate en · NOUN
Etymology
From shop + -mate.
Meanings
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A person working in the same shop.
Of the latter class many would come because they would not be chaffed by their shopmates for going into a theatre on Sunday, though they would be most fearfully if they went to church or chapel.
1868, The London City Mission Magazine, volume XXXIII, page 33:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shopmates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |