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Definition of Shop talk
1. Noun. Talk about your business that only others in the same business can understand.
Definition of Shop talk
1. Noun. discussion about one's trade, business, or employment that only others in the same field can understand ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shop Talk
Literary usage of Shop talk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book Lover: A Magazine of Book Lore (1900)
"... shop talk. A book is an aristocrat; Tis pampered—lives in state; Stands on a
shelf, with naught whereat To worry—lovely fate ! ..."
2. Glad of Earth by Clement Wood (1917)
"New Roads SHOP-TALK AT last I have your instructions straight, Fearless American
people! I am to sing life itself, in its driving vastness, ..."
3. Glad of Earth by Clement Wood (1917)
"SHOP-TALK .AT last I have your instructions straight, Fearless American people!
I am to sing life itself, in its driving vastness, — I am to be bold and ..."
4. Using the Bible in Public Address by Ozora Stearns Davis (1916)
"The shop talk has certain peculiar features, however, among which we note: ...
The characteristics of the shop talk are determined by the character of the ..."
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