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pet shop n

A shop that sells animals kept as domestic pets, and products for caring for and feeding them. The English singer-songwriter Neil Tennant was born on this day 70 years ago in 1954; he formed the synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys with Chris Lowe (born 65 years ago on 4 October 1959) and their first single, West End Girls, was released 40 years ago on 9 April 1984.

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