bookstall

[ book-stawl ]

/ ˈbʊkˌstɔl /

noun

a stand, booth, or stall at which books are sold, usually secondhand.

British. a newsstand.

Origin of bookstall

First recorded in 1790–1800; book + stall¹

Words nearby bookstall

bookseller, book share, bookshelf, book society, bookstack, bookstall, bookstand, bookstore, booksy, book tile, book token

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Example sentences from the Web for bookstall

Suppose you go to the bookstall and see if you can find out any of our young friends.
Vice Versa|F. Anstey
"We'll get chocolates out of the automatic machine, and buy something to read at the bookstall," she suggested.
A Patriotic Schoolgirl|Angela Brazil
He couldn't get by a bookstall without stopping—for half an hour, at any rate.
Suburban Sketches|William Dean Howells
I don't know how he could ever have looked a bookstall in the face after what he wrote—or his fellow Australians.
The Awful Australian|Valerie Desmond

He leaned back in his seat and unfolded one of the papers he had snatched from the bookstall.
The Simpkins Plot|George A. Birmingham

British Dictionary definitions for bookstall

bookstall

/ (ˈbʊkˌstɔːl) /

noun

a stall or stand where periodicals, newspapers, or books are soldUS word: newsstand

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单词	bookstall
释义	bookstall [ book-stawl ] / ˈbʊkˌstɔl / noun a stand, booth, or stall at which books are sold, usually secondhand. British. a newsstand. Origin of bookstall First recorded in 1790–1800; book + stall¹ Words nearby bookstall bookseller, book share, bookshelf, book society, bookstack, bookstall, bookstand, bookstore, booksy, book tile, book token Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bookstall Suppose you go to the bookstall and see if you can find out any of our young friends. Vice Versa\|F. Anstey "We'll get chocolates out of the automatic machine, and buy something to read at the bookstall," she suggested. A Patriotic Schoolgirl\|Angela Brazil He couldn't get by a bookstall without stopping—for half an hour, at any rate. Suburban Sketches\|William Dean Howells I don't know how he could ever have looked a bookstall in the face after what he wrote—or his fellow Australians. The Awful Australian\|Valerie Desmond He leaned back in his seat and unfolded one of the papers he had snatched from the bookstall. The Simpkins Plot\|George A. Birmingham British Dictionary definitions for bookstall bookstall / (ˈbʊkˌstɔːl) / noun a stall or stand where periodicals, newspapers, or books are soldUS word: newsstand Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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