From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbookshopbook‧shop /ˈbʊkʃɒp $ -ʃɑːp/ ●●● W3 noun [countable] especially British EnglishBBTTCN a shop that sells books SYN bookstore American English
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bookshop• Ann became a Catholic as an adult and entered the book trade working at a Catholic bookshop in Exeter.• Published by Collins it costs £11.95 and is available from bookshops and stationers around the country.• Published by Vacation Work, it costs £6.95 paperback and is available from all good bookshops.• Dillons is expanding its market and is opening new bookshops every year.• It is said that Scheiner, on hearing this in a Rome bookshop, turned purple and shook violently.• Highbrow publishers and small bookshops are the most resolute opponents.• A grey day in the bookshop. 