tuck-shop
[ tuhk-shop ]
nounBritish.
a shop where pastry, candy, or the like is sold.
Origin of tuck-shop
1First recorded in 1855–60
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How to use tuck-shop in a sentence
However, before he could go home Rodber took him round to where the tuckshop ambush would ensue at four o'clock.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieHe over-fed, like a schoolboy in a tuckshop with an unexpected sovereign in his hand.
Oscar Wilde | Arthur RansomeThe tuckshop at Flaunton is a much better one than the Santon one, and there are smugglers there.
A Case in Camera | Oliver Onions
British Dictionary definitions for tuck shop
tuck shop
noun
mainly British a shop, esp one in or near a school, where food such as cakes and sweets are sold
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