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
Brown is a storekeeper for the city of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
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
When all the trading was done, the storekeeper gave Mary and Laura each a piece of candy.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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 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
As landowners opened stores and storekeepers bought farmland, moreover, the landlord and merchant might become the same person.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Leaning against the counter are the extravagantly dour and dumpy storekeepers.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2015
He was dependable and strong, and storekeepers often paid him a few dollars to move boxes or clean up after hours.
From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper
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