sweet-shop

[sweet-shop]

noun British.

a store that sells candy.

Origin of sweet-shop

First recorded in 1875–80

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Related Words for sweet shop

confectionery, sweet-shop

British Dictionary definitions for sweet shop

sweet shop

noun

mainly British a shop solely or largely selling sweets, esp boiled sweets

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