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tuck-shop

American  
[tuhk-shop] / ˈtʌkˌʃɒp /

noun

British.

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

tuck shop British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of tuck-shop

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

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As the tuck-shop guy, I was perfectly positioned.

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I got to know Bolo because he was one of my tuck-shop clients.

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I’d scrimped and saved my tuck-shop money and my CD money to buy them.

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Which is how I became the tuck-shop guy.

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Part of my success as the tuck-shop guy was that I was welcome everywhere, and I was welcome everywhere because I was nobody.

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