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• sweet-shop
  sweet-shop

  noun

  a store that sells candy.
• sweet shop
  sweet shop

  noun

  a shop solely or largely selling sweets, esp boiled sweets

sweet-shop

American  

[sweet-shop] / ˈswitˌʃɒp /

noun

British.

1. a store that sells candy.

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sweet shop British  

noun

1. a shop solely or largely selling sweets, esp boiled sweets

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Etymology

Origin of sweet-shop

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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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 what was the world Dahl met the sweet-shop owner in?

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

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

But it had one terrible drawback, this sweet-shop.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

"I walked to the event, waved into the local shops, the butchers and sweet shop and they're all waving back," he said.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

Even the vanilla scent near the sweet shop had faded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026

Eugene Diamond spent Tuesday morning dipping strawberries into chocolate at his family’s sweet shop in a small town outside Kansas City.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

“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

They could go to the cinema and then a sweet shop.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland