cookshop

American  

[kook-shop] / ˈkʊkˌʃɒp /

noun

1. a place where prepared food is sold or served; restaurant.

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Etymology

Origin of cookshop

First recorded in 1545–55; cook ¹ + shop

Example Sentences

I look at the old cookshop where I used to flatten my nose against the glass and dream that I had the run of my teeth.

From The Truants by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

Then his grandmother rose and went and told her brother-in-law, who was incensed against the eunuch and sending for him, said to him, "Why didst thou take my son into a cookshop?"

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John

Why, there is an excellent cookshop in my street, and I have a running account with him, and so every two days he sends me a very nice supply.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

“Now I should ha’ thought that you’d have spent your money in the cookshop, which is so much more natural.

From Japhet in Search of a Father by Marryat, Frederick

Do you see that sign there, 'Bahadur Gobind, Barrister-at-Law, Cambridge B.A.,' on the first floor over the cookshop?

From The Broken Road by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)