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Meanings of bookshop in English

Portuguese
livraria
Catalan
llibreria

A shop where books are sold.

livraria
Usage of bookshop in English
1
Gatlin will probably be at the bookshop for a good while yet.
Shadow of an angel
2
Tony Bradman's new book Anzac Boys is available at the Guardian bookshop.
The Guardian
3
Recently I was browsing the sports section in a large Dublin bookshop.
The Irish Times
4
Sir - I bought some books in a bookshop in Cork recently.
The Irish Times
5
My wife works in a bookshop and she's always bringing books home.
The Irish Times
6
There is no second-hand bookshop in the world more worthy of respect.
The Haunted Bookshop
7
Caro works in a bookshop; Grace in the complaints department at Harrods.
The new yorker
8
Every time I passed a bookshop I'd see his name and shiver.
The book of murder
9
Anthea marched across to it and dialed the number of our bookshop.
Conrad’s Fate
10
To this day almost every secondhand bookshop in Britain will have one.
The Guardian
11
Fifty of the Queen's Men surrounded the bookshop and attacked without warning.
The Sorceress
12
She sat in the old bookshop, her pen unused, her paper uncovered.
Ships That Pass in the Night
13
Nobody was in that bookshop, and nobody is going to be here.
Shadow of an angel
14
When did you last see an Irish-language title in a bookshop window?
The Irish Times
15
Gone is the marvellous serendipity of browsing the shelves of a bookshop.
BBC
16
Printed books are also recovering, with ebook readers disappearing from bookshop shelves.
The Guardian
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Translations for bookshop
Catalan
llibreria
Bookshop through the time
Bookshop across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Rare