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Definition of Shoptalk
1. Noun. Discussion of business in a social setting, especially using jargon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shoptalk
1. conversation concerning one's business or occupation [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoptalk
Literary usage of Shoptalk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Marshall Plan Summer: An Eyewitness Report on Europe and the Russians in by Thomas Andrew Bailey (1977)
"... who in civilian life taught political science at Columbia University, and I
had no difficulty striking up a shoptalk conversation with him. ..."
2. Masks and Minstrels of New Germany by Percival Pollard (1911)
"... as it was with the most ineffectual of the German youths of the 1885 riod, —
is that literature is so largely an af- of shoptalk for shopmen. ..."
3. Masks and Minstrels of New Germany by Percival Pollard (1911)
"... as it was with the most ineffectual of the German youths of the 1885 period, —
is that literature is so largely an affair of shoptalk for shopmen. ..."
4. Training for the Stage: Some Hints for Those about to Choose the Player's Career by Arthur Hornblow (1916)
"... more congenial atmosphere of the actors' club, where he can listen to endless
shoptalk and meet men of his own craft. The Players, in Gra- mercy Park, ..."
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