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cookshop

American  
[kook-shop] / ˈkʊkˌʃɒp /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of cookshop

First recorded in 1545–55; cook 1 + shop


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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 A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

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 Jos. A. V. Stritzko

At about the seventh week, M. d'Asterac gave me leave to go and see my parents at their cookshop.

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

On the right of the door was a large room, occupied as a cookshop.

From L'Assommoir by Émile Zola

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 Anthony Trollope

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