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bookstore

[ book-stawr, -stohr ]

noun

  1. a store where books are sold.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bookstore1

An Americanism dating back to 1755–65; book + store
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Example Sentences

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Elsewhere, cultural performances continue, with hitherto banned books appearing in the stalls of sidewalk bookstores.

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He has been Joe Goldberg, the well-read manager of a New York City bookstore.

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“I yearn to be banned again,” said Waters, lamenting that his books are by the front door of bookstores rather than “by the true crime near the bathroom or the gay section in the back.”

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I picked up “The Hunger Games” on a whim when it was still a single copy spine-out at the bookstore, knowing nothing about it other than that it had a curious title.

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