book shop

A form of bookshop — A shop that sells books.

Meanings

nounbook shop (plural book shops)

plural book shops

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of bookshop.
    1 more example

    This has manifested itself at Pitlochry through the presence of a thriving book shop, which began in 2005 with second-hand books being sold on the platform from a picnic table, before it moved indoors two years later to occupy an area between the ticket office and the waiting room in the main station building on Platform 1.

    2019 December 4, Paul Stephen, “At the heart of the community”, in Rail, page 59
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APA

book shop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book%20shop

MLA

“book shop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book%20shop. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “book shop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book%20shop.

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