shopping

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Among the city's main Armenian shopping areas are the Mirza-ye Shirazi and Villa (or Nejatollahi) streets.

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  1. The act or practice of visiting shops for the purchase or examination of goods: as, she is very fond of shopping. What between shopping and morning visits with mamma, … I contrive to enjoy myself tolerably. Mrs. H. More, Cœlebs, xxiii. There was an army of dressmakers to see, and a world of shopping to do. C. D. Warner, Backlog Studies, p. 277.

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  • When it came to power-shopping, her second ex-husband put her to shame Ben liked things. —  ABC Amber LIT Converter
  • For comfort people went shopping, which is understandable even if they bought things a little too enthusiastically. —  Glamorama
  • To do the shopping was the same as preparing a meal. —  Maigret’s Little Joke - Georges Simenon - 78
  • So I was very gratified to read Bill Campbell's comments on the causes of ballot title shopping, posted in response to Attig's editorial. —  Preemptive Karma
  • Goodwill shopping is also more relaxing than retail store shopping, said Karen Wolfinger, of Shelton, who said she picked up the habit of frequenting secondhand stores in her native Germany. —  Connecticut Post Online Most Viewed
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