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wineshop

American  
[wahyn-shop] / ˈwaɪnˌʃɒp /

noun

  1. a shop where wine is sold.


Etymology

Origin of wineshop

First recorded in 1840–50; wine + shop

Example Sentences

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Before buying, I might talk to my friendly local wineshop expert, who has tasted most wines in the store.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2022

Caravaggio's angels and Bacchuses habitually looked as if they had been picked up in a Trastevere wineshop, which, no doubt, they were.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yesterday I went into my favorite wineshop and found three people there.

From Time Magazine Archive

In "A Wee Sma' Drop" the author finds an old man sitting corpselike in a wineshop, an untasted bottle before him, passively allowing the flies to attack a pimple on his forehead.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gebu went out one evening, with Ranofer doggedly behind him, and struck straight across the City of the Dead instead of turning toward Mutra’s wineshop as usual.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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