Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bookstore.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A book-store.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun engraving A bookseller's shop.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
shop which sellsbooks .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a shop where books are sold
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was with tremendous excitement that I discovered Gay's the Word bookshop in the early 1990s.
My favourite independent bookshop: Gay's the Word, London 2011
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The “courtyard” area of the bookshop is a cool green oasis with potted palms and a feng shui fountain.
One Aw-some Day Sharon Bakar 2005
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The “courtyard” area of the bookshop is a cool green oasis with potted palms and a feng shui fountain.
Archive 2005-06-01 Sharon Bakar 2005
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When Malone's Copenhagen bookshop is burned to the ground, it becomes brutally clear that those responsible will stop at nothing to get what they want.
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La muse agitée, the blogger of the Vallauris bookshop, is enthusiastic [Fr]:
Global Voices in English » World Book Day: Women’s lives in the mirror of their men 2009
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Unfortunately, my nearest local indie bookshop is now 170 miles away.
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Unfortunately, my nearest local indie bookshop is now 170 miles away.
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Nearly 44% of surveyed teens never or rarely visit a chain bookshop and 68% never or rarely visit an independent bookshop.
Spinebreakers reading network Maxine 2007
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Nearly 44% of surveyed teens never or rarely visit a chain bookshop and 68% never or rarely visit an independent bookshop.
Spinebreakers reading network Maxine 2007
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Nearly 44% of surveyed teens never or rarely visit a chain bookshop and 68% never or rarely visit an independent bookshop.
June 2007 Maxine 2007
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