1820 3 Dec. 386/1 The shop owners appeared resolved to recompense themselves as well as they could for the inconvenience they suffered.
1908 July 627/2 A shop-owner who will not give men work who are taxpayers and will employ men who are strangers is unfair.
2014 M. Behre xiii. 181 The pier creaked and groaned as shop owners opened their doors for the day's business.