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

Where are the times when the smell of your father's cookshop perfumed the Rue Saint Jacques, from the Little Bacchus to the Three Maids?

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

At such times the street is lined with listeners, who enjoy a delight equal to that of gazing into a confectioner's window, or snuffing up the steams of a cookshop.

From Little Britain by Irving, Washington

Clever folks like Jean Blaise, who made big profits amid the general wretchedness, went to the cookshop where they showed their astuteness by stuffing themselves to repletion.

From The Gods are Athirst by Jackson, Emilie

When I came out of the cookshop, the night was black.

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

So they left the tents and going down into the city, stayed not till they came to the cookshop, where they found Bedreddin Hassan standing at the door.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John