tuck-shop

[ tuhk-shop ]

noun

, British.

1. a shop where pastry, candy, or the like is sold.

tuck shop

noun

1. a shop, esp one in or near a school, where food such as cakes and sweets are sold

Word History and Origins

Origin of tuck-shop¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

One of the easiest ways of discovering a person's social status at school is by watching his behaviour in the tuck-shop.

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He was not yet known among the school in general; and it was only in Buller's that small boys gave tongue in the tuck-shop.

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In the tuck-shop they acted as avenging angels sent to punish a wicked world.

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On his way to the tuck shop, Ben, the captain of the Fifteen, came up and spoke to him.

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And for want of anything better to do, he mouched down to Ruffer's, the unofficial tuck-shop.

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