shoppie

English

Etymology

From shop +‎ -ie.

Noun

shoppie (plural shoppies)

1. (informal) A shopkeeper.
   • 2008, Lauren Beukes, Moxyland, Jacana Media, →ISBN, page 102:

     The shoppers shuffle off indignantly, but the street kids stick around, just far away enough that they're out of the Aito's immediate reach, but not far enough for the shoppie, who flaps his arms at them in disgust.

Anagrams

• pieshop