cookshop

American  

[kook-shop] / ˈkʊkˌʃɒp /

noun

1. a place where prepared food is sold or served; restaurant.

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Etymology

Origin of cookshop

First recorded in 1545–55; cook ¹ + shop

Example Sentences

I look at the old cookshop where I used to flatten my nose against the glass and dream that I had the run of my teeth.

From The Truants by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

A thicker crowd, towards the middle of the street, poured in and out at the door of a cookshop.

From The Fallen Leaves by Collins, Wilkie

Having become in his place the sworn bookseller of the Image of Saint Catherine, I took with me my father and mother, whose cookshop flourished no more.

From The Queen Pedauque by Stritzko, Jos. A. V.

Scatterall, as requested, went across the Strand to order it at the cookshop, while Corkscrew and Charley prepared the tables.

From The Three Clerks by Trollope, Anthony

I put him back to where the constables came to search for me at the cookshop.

From The Queen Pedauque by Stritzko, Jos. A. V.