multiple shop

noun

, British.

1. chain store.

Word History and Origins

Origin of multiple shop¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

One enterprising firm of multiple shop grocers is said to have already engaged a troupe of performing cheeses to keep the customers amused during the long wait.

From Project Gutenberg

From a "multiple shop" catalogue:— "SMOKING ROOM.—The decorations are well worth a special note, and are quite unique of their kind, being without a match anywhere."

From Project Gutenberg

Should he wish for the triumph of labor or capital: the success of the co-operative movement, the triumph of the multiple shop or the private trader, of guilds of workers or autocrats of industry?

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