sweet-shop
noun
a store that sells candy.
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sweet shopnouna shop solely or largely selling sweets, esp boiled sweets
sweet-shop
American
[sweet-shop]
/ ˈswitˌʃɒp /
noun
British.
sweet shop
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of sweet-shop
First recorded in 1875–80
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But what was the world Dahl met the sweet-shop owner in?
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2016
While Dahl went on to become a world-renowned children's author, the sweet-shop owner of his childhood remained in his home-town becoming more and more reclusive.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2016
But I still, grudgingly, remember my enjoyment of Diana, the Fairytale Princess, a shiny white 80s hardcover with naïve sweet-shop illustrations which now, alas, look like the set-up for the punchline of a sick joke.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2013
On the way to school and on the way back we always passed the sweet-shop.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
Then the five of us left the school, crossed the village green and headed for the sweet-shop.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
Inquiries led him to a sweet shop on Scotland Road, where he found Smith and Roberts in an upstairs flat.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
Start your day off at Ululani’s Hawaiian Shaved Ice, a Maui-born sweet shop that sells cloud-like shaved ice that is so soft it practically melts in your mouth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
Amjid Hafiz owns Latte Caffe on Abbeydale Road in Sheffield, which has served as a newsagents and sweet shop since it was first built as a toilet.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
“I was like a kid in a sweet shop watching the two of them going back and forth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
An imaginary Rashida giggled as she popped one roshogollah after another into her mouth, devouring the whole pot that Naima had brought home from the sweet shop.
From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins
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