used bookstore

See also: used-bookstore, used-book store, and used book store

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From used book +‎ store.

Noun

used bookstore (plural used bookstores)

  1. A bookstore that principally sells secondhand or used books.
    Synonym: secondhand bookshop (UK)
    • 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

  • Garner’s Modern American Usage disputes this form, arguing that it lacks logical or linguistic justification.[1]

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References

  1. ^ 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) […]”

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