bookshop

noun

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

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The Me+Em x The Booker Prizes reading lists will be available to buy from BookKind, an online bookshop that donates 10 percent of every order value to its charity partners, which include the Booker Prize Foundation. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026 Kore-eda stumbled on the manga in a bookshop rather than through its serial run. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 The ground floor will also include a bookshop that sells the organization’s monographs and its quarterly magazine, as well as a selection of books from the photography bookstore Dashwood, and an exhibition space. — News Desk, Artforum, 24 Sep. 2026 The bookshop is nestled along the Farmington River in an old post and beam mill building. — Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026 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 14 Oct. 2026.

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