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[ noun ] searching for or buying goods or services
Examples : "went shopping for a reliable plumber" "does her shopping at the mall rather than down town" Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Here is a word_of_advice when you go shopping for your pansy seeds . (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)Indeed , there are some cities where the suburban shopping pulls customers who are geographically much nearer to downtown . Raymond_Vernon reports that residents of East_St._Louis have been driving across the Mississippi , through the heart of downtown St._Louis and out to the western suburbs for major shopping , simply because parking is easier at the big branches than it is in the heart of town . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)Sipping their coffee , discussing the weather , the day 's shopping , Fritzie 's commitments at the network ( all of which he would cancel ) , they avoided the radio , the morning TV news_show , even the front page of the Santa_Luisa_Register , resting on the kitchen bar . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)They went shopping in the neighborhood , and bought two loaves_of_bread with the ration coupons they had been given in Blois , and some cheese , and a dozen eggs , and a bag of oranges from a peddler in the Place_Redoute - the first oranges they had seen since they landed . |
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