bookstorekeeper
bookstorekeeper noun: one who operates a bookstore.
Noun
bookstorekeeper (plural bookstorekeepers)
- One who operates a bookstore.
- “But,” exclaimed Lucile breathlessly, feeling that the scent was growing fresher all the while, “from whom did the doctor purchase it at so ridiculous a price?” / “From a fool bookstorekeeper of course; one of those upstarts who know nothing at all about books; who handle them as pure merchandise...1923, Roy J[udson] Snell, ““That Was the Man””, in The Secret Mark (Adventure Stories for Girls), Chicago, Ill.: The Reilly & Lee Co., pages 201–202
- He always felt bad when he passed the place where he and the others had beaten the Jewish bookstorekeeper.1941, Stuart David Engstrand, Spring 1940, Doubleday, page 310
- Synonyms:
- bookshopkeeper
Examples of bookstorekeeper in a sentence
- Betty Crawford purchases underclass pictures for a friend from Bookstorekeeper, Mrs.1967, The Post, volume 39, Indianapolis, Ind.: George Washington High School, page 124:
- Sex crimes are not ordinarily committed in bookstores, and crimes of violence are much more likely to be committed against bookstorekeepers than by them in their shops.1971, Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, page 664:
- One gets the impression that theological bookstorekeeper Farrington has.1999, Book Review Digest, volume 94, page 481, column 1:
Synonyms of bookstorekeeper
Forms of bookstorekeeper
| plural | bookstorekeepers |
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Origin of bookstorekeeper
From bookstore + keeper, under the influence of storekeeper.
Questions about bookstorekeeper
- What does bookstorekeeper mean?
- Bookstorekeeper means one who operates a bookstore.
- How do you use bookstorekeeper in a sentence?
- Betty Crawford purchases underclass pictures for a friend from Bookstorekeeper, Mrs.
- What part of speech is bookstorekeeper?
- Bookstorekeeper is a noun.
- What is the plural of bookstorekeeper?
- The plural of bookstorekeeper is bookstorekeepers.
Words near bookstorekeeper in the dictionary
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