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bookstall

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++book·stall /ˈbʊkstɔːl $ -stɒːl/ noun [countable]  British EnglishBBTTCN a small shop that has an open front and sells books and magazines, often at a railway station 书亭,书报摊 SYN American English newsstand
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bookstallLess than ten yards away from Harry as he waited for the Swindon train, the same man stood examining paperbacks on a bookstall.Love Thirty will sit comfortably on any coffee table, any bookstall.She waved to old Mr Pinkney, who was patiently manning the second-hand bookstall.Queerer books had been published and sold - at least, he saw them on bookstalls.The formula of the bookstall blockbuster is only too persuasive, offering an optimistic view of social dangers and confusions.There were no posters in the streets, few reminiscences on the bookstalls, and only a moderate media build-up.I strode over to the bookstall and bought myself a map of the place.
book·stall nounChineseSyllable
small open a Corpus has an that shop front


bookstall
bookstall /ˈbʊkstɔːl $ -stɒːl/ noun [countable]
British English a small shop that has an open front and sells books and magazines, often at a railway station
   SYN  newsstand American English


book·stallBrE /ˈbʊkstɔːl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbʊkstɔːl/ 🔊 (especially BrE) (NAmE usually newsstand) nouna small shop/store that is open at the front, where you can buy books, newspapers or magazines, for example at a station or an airport 书亭;书摊