boutique

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  1. noun A small retail shop that specializes in gifts, fashionable clothes, accessories, or food, for example.
  2. noun A small shop located within a large department store or supermarket.
  3. noun A small business offering specialized products and services: an investment boutique; a health-care boutique.

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  • The feature will work with the W715's turn-by-turn GPS navigation feature, and include info about 'Zarif's favourite watering hole or the vintage boutique which is the source of Eliza Doolittle's unique style'. —  Technology Reviews, News
  • Bridges hopes her boutique will be a place where people also will have access to computers for Internet job searches, television and newspapers. —  The State Journal-Register Home RSS
  • I opened a communications boutique which is currently cooking on all burners. —  Law And More
  • Opening a boutique has been a dream of mine ever since I was a little girl. —  Indie Fixx
  • The Primitive crew treated us to a tour of the meticulously sculpted boutique which is impressively stocked with hard to find sneakers, clothing, and accessories (all at retail prices). —  Sneaker Files
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bakery ·  cafe ·  nightclub ·  bistro ·  bookstore ·  spa ·  mall ·  eateries ·  salon ·  retailer ·  restaurant ·  deli

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boutique:   boutiques
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French, from Old French botique, small shop, from Old Provençal botica, from Latin apothēca, storehouse; see apothecary.

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  1. French: see bodega, apothec.
 

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