bookshop

noun

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

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There's also an independent bookshop, a couple of art galleries and a population of dedicated surfers and aging hippies (including my dad). Kate Bartlett, NPR, 21 Jan. 2026 Luckily for you, Heywood Hill, London’s premier bookshop and long-standing bastion of taste, has just the thing. Air Mail, 17 Jan. 2026 This new initiative will publish every Thursday with a list of the top 40 fiction and the top 40 nonfiction titles published by indie presses and sold in indie bookshops, based on nationwide, weighted sales data from independent bookstores. James Folta, Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026 Some of the village’s other bookshop owners agreed. Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 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 31 Jan. 2026.

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