bookshopn.
/ˈbʊkʃɒp/, U.S. /ˈbʊkˌʃɑp/ Chiefly British.
A shop where books are sold. Cf. bookstore n.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling books
bookstore1760
bookshop1762
novel-shop1806
bookery1904
remainder shop1912
booketeria1921
1762 London Reg. Mar. 195/2 The temporary Book shops in the Court of Requests and Westminster-Hall.
1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter i. 54 Works of ordinary literature to be found in every book-shop.
1888 B. L. Farjeon Devlin the Barber xxv. 148 At the first book-shop I purchased an ‘ABC’, and ascertained that the next best train to Margate was the 5.15 from Victoria.
1901 Scotsman 5 Mar. 9/3 The pleasant literary pastures of Oxford's bookshops.
1965 Crescendo Sept. 1/1 While browsing through a local bookshop recently I came across your excellent publication.
2005 A. Smith Accidental 271 What kind of bookshop had no reference section? It beggared belief.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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