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

Then it wasn't worth while sending to Neufchâtel for the keeper of a cookshop!

From Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life by Flaubert, Gustave

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

"Sir," he said after a while, "did you not speak at yonder cookshop of an elixir which dispenses with all kinds of food?"

From The Queen Pedauque by Stritzko, Jos. A. V.

In order to avoid them, I took refuge in a cookshop, where tongues and sheep's heads were sold.

From The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew

When I came out of the cookshop, the night was black.

From The Queen Pedauque by Stritzko, Jos. A. V.