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window shopping
(win¦dow shop|ping)
noun
[
mass noun
]
the activity of looking at goods displayed in shop windows, especially without intending to buy anything:
window shopping is the favourite pastime of all New Yorkers
Derivatives
window-shop
verb
window shopper
noun
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