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BOOKSHOP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bookshop mean?
• BOOKSHOP (noun)
The noun BOOKSHOP has 1 sense:
1. a shop where books are sold
Familiarity information: BOOKSHOP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shop where books are sold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bookshop; bookstall; bookstore
Hypernyms ("bookshop" is a kind of...):
shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)
Context examples
Well, sir, if it isn’t too great a liberty, I am a neighbour of yours, for you’ll find my little bookshop at the corner of Church Street, and very happy to see you, I am sure.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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