"model shop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: model shops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} model shop (plural model shops)
  1. A retail outlet that sells models (noun, sense 3), or kits to make them.
    Sense id: en-model_shop-en-noun-ep51Gu~l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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