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  • Also un bouquin = a book unune bouquiniste = a secondhand bookseller

    Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007

  • Also: un bouquin = a book un (e) bouquiniste = a secondhand book seller

    bouquiner - French Word-A-Day 2004

  • Also: un bouquin = a book un (e) bouquiniste = a secondhand book seller

    French Word-A-Day: 2004

  • Also: un bouquin = a book un (e) bouquiniste = a secondhand book seller

    French Word-A-Day: 2004

  • You are not dealing with a _bouquiniste_ of the Quais, in Paris.

    Our Hundred Days in Europe Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • You are not dealing with a _bouquiniste_ of the Quais, in Paris.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • It's where Gil sits on a park bench with the tour guide from the Rodin Museum, played by French first lady Carla Bruni, who is translating a book he bought from a bouquiniste along the Seine.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Margo Hammond 2011

  • Matthias' wife, who is also a bouquiniste, has a stall in the more touristy section near Notre Dame Cathedral.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • The first bouquiniste in Paris opened his stall in the 1600s.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • The first bouquiniste in Paris opened his stall in the 1600s.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

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  • a seller of second-hand books

    April 11, 2010