subs. (colloquial).—The world of shopkeepers: cf. MOBOCRACY, SHAMOCRACY, &c.
1853. GASKELL, Ruth, xxxiii. The belles of the SHOPOCRACY of Eccleston.
18[?]. Notes and Queries [Encyclopædic Dictionary]. SHOPOCRACY … belongs to an objectionable class of words, the use of which is very common at the present day.
