used-bookstore
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "The eleven volumes of Samuel Johnson were, according to Frisch, “another lucky find while browsing through a used-bookstore.”"
- "Bythell’s misanthropic memoir, “The Diary of a Bookseller,” covers one year in the life of the Bookshop, his used-bookstore in a drafty, leaky stone house in Wigtown, Scotland."
- "So many other beloved greasy spoons, corner taverns and musty used-bookstores are gone that the impact of something Red Skelton said finally hit home."
- "Like said pack rat, I return home from the used-bookstore, eyes gleaming with delight at my most recent and most “precious” acquisition."
- "I love the used books that I pick up for a couple of dollars at Goodwill or a used-bookstore, with someone else’s inscriptions and underlines and bookmarks."