booketerian.
/ˌbʊkəˈtɪərɪə/, U.S. /ˌbʊkəˈtɪriə/ U.S.
A (self-service) library or bookshop likened to a cafeteria; spec. a small, unattended branch library located in a supermarket, department store, etc.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling books
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1921 Univ. High School Jrnl. (Univ. Calif.) Jan. 45 The first large distribution in each semester is made in the ‘Booketeria’, a large classroom, having two doors, which is used for one day.
1946 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 13 Aug. 21/1 The Lincoln City library ‘booketeria’, set up only three months ago, is successful.
1961 Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel 9 Aug. 22/4 The Freeport [Illinois] Public Library has installed a ‘Booketeria’ in a supermarket. It's an experiment in borrowing.
2010 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 21 Mar. 2 b Changes that library lovers perceived as slights, like deleting the word ‘Minneapolis’ on the county library's website identification of the downtown booketeria.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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