used bookstore
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
used bookstore (plural used bookstores)
- A bookstore that principally sells secondhand or used books.
- 2023 May 13, Lilah Raptopoulos, “The charms of New York's Antiquarian book fair”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 21:
- Used bookstores have been disappearing for decades: The Booksellers tells us that 1950s New York had 368 bookstores, and today it has about 79.
Usage notes[edit]
This spelling is contested by Garner's Modern American Usage, on account of it not making any sense.[1]
Synonyms[edit]
- secondhand bookshop (UK)
Translations[edit]
store selling secondhand books
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Bryan Garner (2009) “Phrasal Adjectives”, in Garner's Modern American Usage, →ISBN, page 628: “[…] although a bookstore is where we buy books, for secondhand books we go to a used-book store (not a used bookstore or a used-bookstore) […]”
Further reading[edit]
- “used bookstore”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- used bookstore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia