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boutique definition

bou·tique (bo̵̅o̅ tēk′; occas. bō-)

noun

  1. a small shop, or a small department in a store, where fashionable, usually expensive, clothes and other articles are sold
  2. a small, independent agency as for advertising or investments

Etymology: Fr < L apotheca: see apothecary

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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