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publishing house

noun

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

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Origin of publishing house

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby publishing house

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