bookstallnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbʊk.stɔːl/us/ˈbʊk.stɑːl/mainly UKa table or a very small shop with an open front where books, magazines, etc. are sold
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Shops & auctions
- army disposals store
- army surplus store
- army-navy store
- art gallery
- auction
- discount store
- discount warehouse
- druggist
- drugstore
- duty-free
- milk bar
- newsagent
- newsstand
- off-licence
- offie
- swap meet
- sweet shop
- tabletop sale
- tag sale
- thrift store
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Examples from literature
- As he turned away from the moving carriage the evening papers had just arrived at the bookstalls.
- He came opposite the bookstalls and stopped short and stared with unseeing eyes at the display of popular literature.
- IT is interesting, though ill-mannered, to watch other people at a railway bookstall and guess their choice of literature from their outward appearance.
- Other crowds collected at the bookstalls, and the bookstall keeper was eying with dislike men who were under the impression that they were in a free library.
- The clergyman seized a handful of newspapers from the bookstall.