Meaning of bookshopkeeper | Babel Free

Definitions

One who operates a bookshop.

Examples

“One of the greatest temptations for the resort bookshopkeeper is to stock⟳ those miscellaneous articles which come⟳ under the heading of “gifts” or “souvenirs.” It is true that summer visitors will pick⟳ up some novelty to take⟳ home to the family. But they will no longer spend⟳ their precious money for those unnecessary gadgets which were such a good racket a few years ago. They want⟳ their money’s worth; so unless you have⟳ a real gift department and have⟳ bought during the year from reputable gift manufacturers, it is unwise to dabble in gifts.”

“One day my luck was an airy basement, in which like⟳ magic appeared a bamboo table, a portable gramophone, and a case of records, thoughtfully provided by a neighbouring bookshopkeeper-Warden: the records being taken from his stock-in-trade.”

“The same Miss⟳ Taylor is to be seen in Elephant Walk⟳ as a London bookshopkeeper who marries a dark and brooding plantation owner, goes out to Ceylon with him, and assumes the mantle of mistress of a fabulous estate.”

“Anyhow, one of the bookshopkeepers in the Science Exhibition grounds displays all kinds of foreign scientific books, but not this book.”

“In an Indian bookshop. “You look⟳ like⟳ a Tourist,” says the Indian bookshopkeeper to an Indian shopper in dark glasses and a tall wide floppy black hat.”

“One, after five years as a draughtsman, was on the ‘dole’; one, who had left school at fifteen, was a production designer in a large engineering firm; and one was a bookshopkeeper.”

“Mr. D. is 68 years of age and has been a bookshopkeeper in his small town for 40 years, married for 41 years, and has one son.”

“One of the implicated is Lesley Ann Warren, a chain-smoking, feminist poet and bookshopkeeper who turns out to play⟳ a pivotal role in the murder⟳ mystery hounding Woods.”

“Former sex educator, bookshopkeeper and free-lance journalist writing on the subjects of gender, new media and art.”

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