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bookshop

noun

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

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Franco Sovilla, who owns a historic bookshop in Cortina, is looking ahead to the potential long-term benefits. Reuters 6 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025 The new library bookshop will add to the mix, with some overlaps and some differences. Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025 Roberto Benigni plays Guido, a Jewish Italian bookshop owner, sent to a concentration camp with his son. NPR, 15 Nov. 2025 Angelica, too, helped shape Hamilton’s thinking, sending him Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations from a London bookshop. Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bookshop

Word History

First Known Use

1765, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 5 Dec. 2025.

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