publishing house

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noun

a company that publishes books, pamphlets, engravings, or the like: a venerable publishing house in Boston.

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Nearby words

publicness, publish, publish or perish, publisher, publishing, publishing house, publishment, pubo-, pubococcygeus, puboprostatic, puboprostatic muscle

Origin of publishing house

First recorded in 1820–30

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Examples from the Web for publishing house

Thyrsis had never heard of this publishing-house, but that did not chill his delight.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
But the dream was dispelled when she found herself entering the publishing-house she had fixed upon as her first scene of venture.
Cobwebs and Cables|Hesba Stretton
Every newspaper, magazine and publishing-house had installed an Imperial censor.
The Fall of a Nation|Thomas Dixon
And meanwhile came a letter from the literary head of the third publishing-house, regretting that he could not accept the book.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair