Dictionary entry

Shop (4)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Shop (?), n. 1. A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; — generally in deprecation.

2. A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop; also, (Slang), any of the various places of business which are commonly called offices, as of a lawyer, doctor, broker, etc.

3. Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.