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window-shopping

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ID 737328 Last modified 25.03.2019
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Domain trade - buying & selling
window shopping
  • the action of browsing or looking at goods displayed for sale, esp. in a shop window, without intending to make an immediate purchase, either as a recreational activity or with a view to buying something in the future
  • the activity of spending time looking at the goods on sale in shop windows without intending to buy any of them
vaateaknapoodlemine
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window shopping
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  • Window shopping is a favorite Parisian pastime, and it costs you nothing but your time. Wander the streets, and take in the beauty of the vintage antique shops, macaroon palaces, and boulangeries and you’ll soon understand the French expression léche-vitrines, (window licking).
window-shopping
lèche-vitrines

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