wineshop

[ wahyn-shop ]

noun

1. a shop where wine is sold.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wineshop¹

First recorded in 1840–50; wine + shop

Example Sentences

At the fringe of the thieves market I paused outside a wineshop where Dry-towners were made welcome.

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Red lamps were burning inside the wineshop, where men reclined on frowsy couches.

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But I left it lying there to be picked up by the children when they returned, and went back to the wineshop.

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At night I slept in a cubbyhole behind a wineshop, paying an inordinate price for that very dubious privilege.

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And, without waiting for a reply, he turned and stepped through the doorway of the little wineshop.

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