"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."
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Tuesday, 11 May 2010

Emporium

 
An emporium is a shop that offers a wide variety of goods, often used facetiously; a department store; a market place or trading centre, particularly of an ancient city.