bookshop

noun

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

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In her mid-20s, Piani worked in Paris in the venerable English-language bookshop Shakespeare and Company, a primary location in this debut project. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025 Best Shopping: For shopping, Janssen loves the Saint Laurent boutique on Avenue Montaigne and the Palais de Tokyo’s bookshop, a trove of art books and quirky finds. Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025 Hunter gets that, but his hope is that his app is good enough to make the jump—and that people will see the extra value in keeping their local bookshops around. Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 28 Jan. 2025 Camille Rutherford stars as a Paris bookshop employee getting inspired at a Jane Austen Writers’ Residency in England where her heart swings into two directions. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 17 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for bookshop

Word History

First Known Use

1765, in the meaning defined above

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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 10 Jun. 2025.

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