printshop

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printshop

  • /ˈpɹɪnt.ʃɒp/ UK

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From print + shop.

noun printshops · print shop · print-shop

  1. A shop that sells prints. He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.

    Similar: printseller, printseller's, copy shop

  2. Canada, US A shop providing commercial copying and printing services.
  3. uncommon Synonym of printing house, an institutional or commercial mass publisher. As we have seen, government regulated the number of printshops throughout the realm [...] and enforced censorship throughout the land.

    Similar: printing house

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@misc{printshop_2026,
  title = {printshop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/printshop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}