storekeeper
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According to the investigation, a Malaysian man served as storekeeper and assistant chemist, with two other locals acting as his trusted aides.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
"The key information was that it's got James, his father, and he was working as a storekeeper for the Newcastle Corporation Tramways," said Nicola.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
The group soon encountered a storekeeper who managed to bridge the language barrier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
The only child of Pieter Westra, a jewelry merchant, and Hendrika van Doorn, a storekeeper, she recalled a lonely childhood in which she learned to amuse herself.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
The first one I reckernize is, of all people, Mr. Phelps the storekeeper.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
According to the Etemad newspaper, one trader who did not give his name, complained that officials had offered no support to storekeepers battling soaring import costs.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
She makes a lot of noise; she likes to bat her eyelashes at people; storekeepers hand her lollipops.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
Some of the storekeepers died, others left when they could no longer make a living.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2021
She pressured storekeepers to donate additional groceries for the needy, lest she step onto the street and publicly denounce them as “thieving gougers of widows and orphans.”
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2021
They were the children of the prosperous storekeepers of the neighborhood.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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