Meaning
The little corner shop — the small neighbourhood store (often a 'Chin shop') that sells the daily essentials: bread, tin food, sweets, phone top-up, bag juice, and more, frequently on credit ('trust'). The shop is a social hub as much as a store, and 'the shop' is where a community's news is traded.
Examples
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Run go a di shop fi a hardo bread.
Run to the shop for a hard-dough bread.
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Mr Chin shop trust mi till payday.
Mr Chin's shop lets me buy on credit until payday.
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Di man dem gather a di shop fi labrish.
The men gather at the shop to gossip.
Origin
From 'shop'; the small neighbourhood store central to community life, often run by a 'Chin'.
How it’s used
The corner shop/small store — a social hub, often on 'trust' (credit). See [[chin]], [[market]], [[top-up]].