used bookstore en · NOUN
Etymology
From used book + store.
Meanings
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A bookstore that principally sells secondhand or used books.
Used bookstores have been disappearing for decades: The Booksellers tells us that 1950s New York had 368 bookstores, and today it has about 79.
2023 May 13, Lilah Raptopoulos, “The charms of New York’s Antiquarian book fair”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| used-bookstore | alternative | lexicographic | |
| used bookstores | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| used-book store | alternative | lexicographic | |
| used book store | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
antique shop · book town · bookstore
Synonyms
Translations (10)
ru букинисти́ческий магази́н (store selling secondhand books) · pl antykwariat (store selling secondhand books) · de Antiquariat (store selling secondhand books) · ro anticariat (store selling secondhand books) · pt alfarrabista (store selling secondhand books) · fi antikvariaatti (store selling secondhand books) · hu antikvárium (store selling secondhand books) · fr bouquinerie (store selling secondhand books) · sv antikvariat (store selling secondhand books) · cs antikvariát (store selling secondhand books)