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
In Ghana he worked as a petrol pump attendant and a storekeeper.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2024
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
The storekeeper said to Pa and Ma, “That’s a pretty little girl you’ve got there,” and he admired Mary’s golden curls.
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
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
Every growing town also needed lawyers, physicians, ministers, teachers, and storekeepers.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
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
