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单词 Europe shop
释义

Europe shop

English

Noun

Europe shop (plural Europe shops)

  1. (India, historical) A shop selling European goods in an upcountry station.
    • 1850, Fanny Parkes Parlby, Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque (page 21)
      Very excellent furniture was also to be had at the Europe shops, made by native workmen under the superintendence of European cabinet and furniture makers; and furniture of an inferior description in the native bazaars.
    • 1877, Katharine Blanche Guthrie, My Year in an Indian Fort (volume 2, page 93)
      The shops called the Europe shops were kept by Parsis, who sold wines, tinned provisions, groceries, and a thousand miscellaneous articles.

References

  • 1903, Henry Yule, Arthur Burnell, Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases
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