bookshop

noun

book·​shop ˈbu̇k-ˌshäp How to pronounce bookshop (audio)

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Now, the 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide has landed in game stores and bookshops all across the world. Rob Wieland, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 The game took place in the back room of Le Cercle Rouge, an independent bookshop owned by one of the Frenchmen. Shuang Xuetao, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024 Those just visiting Charlottetown will enjoy wandering around a charming, mostly flat town with ample restaurants, bookshops and other attractions. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024 The charming colonial-era riverside village offers boutiques, bars, bakeries and bookshops and highlights the east-bank history of leaf peeping and history seeking. Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bookshop 

Word History

First Known Use

1765, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bookshop was in 1765

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“Bookshop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bookshop. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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