- tuck shop
- Noun. A confectioners, a sweet shop. Children's expression.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
tuck shop
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tuck|shop — «TUHK SHOP», noun. British Slang. a shop that sells pastry, candy, and other delicacies, especially to schoolboys: »Arm in arm…the two friends went down to the tuckshop for tea (Punch) … Useful english dictionary
tuck-shop — [tuk′shäp΄] n. [ TUCK1, n. 4 + SHOP] Brit. a bakery or confectionery, esp. one in or near a school … English World dictionary
tuck-shop — tuck′ shop n. brit. a confectionery • Etymology: 1855–60 … From formal English to slang
Tuck shop — A tuck shop is a small, food selling retailer, found in schools and youth clubs. [For example, see [http://www.st elphins.co.uk/sect6/subsect1/ this school] and [http://www.escouts.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=1890 this youth club] ] It is a… … Wikipedia
tuck shop — noun a candy store in Great Britain • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑confectionery, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
tuck-shop — /tuk shop /, n. Brit. a shop where pastry, candy, or the like is sold. [1855 60] * * * … Universalium
tuck shop — noun a shop selling confectionery, especially one near a school … Wiktionary
tuck-shop — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Britain : a confectioner s shop : confectionery … Useful english dictionary
tuck — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (often foll. by in, up) a draw, fold, or turn the outer or end parts of (cloth or clothes etc.) close together so as to be held; thrust in the edge of (a thing) so as to confine it (tucked his shirt into his trousers; tucked the… … Useful english dictionary
tuck — tuck1 [tʌk] v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: tuck to stretch cloth over hooks, pull (13 19 centuries), from Old English tucian to treat badly, punish, criticize angrily ] 1.) [T always + adverb/preposition] to push something, especially the edge of a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
