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print shop

American  

noun

  1. a shop where prints or graphics are sold.

  2. a shop where printing is done.


print shop British  

noun

  1. a place in which printing is carried out

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of print shop

First recorded in 1690–1700

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Among the highlights are a recreated 18th-century tavern and Loyalist print shop.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 2026

Varun has had posters used to advertise the show reproduced at a print shop near his home in Nottingham.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2025

If, in 1793, you were going to visit the full-scale model of the guillotine exhibited at S. W. Fores’ Piccadilly print shop, you could hardly miss these merciless cartoons.

From Slate Jul. 21, 2025

The website says "Built from an 1890 print shop, Sepia features memorabilia from the Windy City’s bygone eras."

From Salon Aug. 17, 2024

A watercolor by Ashima’s father, of a caravan of camels in a desert in Rajasthan, is framed at the local print shop and hung on the living room wall.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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