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sweet-shop

[ sweet-shop ]

noun

, British.
  1. a store that sells candy.


sweet shop

noun

  1. a shop solely or largely selling sweets, esp boiled sweets
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sweet-shop1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

Manzke — which also recently received the Michelin guide’s Exceptional Cocktails award — carries more than 100 bottles of rare and vintage spirits, including whisky, bourbon, rum, vodka, gin and a sweet-shop assortment of liqueurs, fruit brandies and eau de vie.

Manzke — which also recently received the Michelin guide’s Exceptional Cocktails award — carries more than 100 bottles of rare and vintage spirits, including whisky, bourbon, rum, vodka, gin and a sweet-shop assortment of liqueurs, fruit brandies and eau de vie.

The complex plot and wide-ranging cast expand to include the owner of the foster home, an antsy operator of a child-placement agency, a sketchy ex-cop, a couple of iron-willed nuns, a charismatic protector of street kids, a mentally challenged restaurant employee, a sweet-shop owner, an ex-convict or two, and members of the Chicago Police Department.

At that point, one foolish witch got so excited at the possibilities presented by owning a sweet-shop that she leapt to her feet and shouted, "The children will come flocking to my shop and I will feed them poisoned sweets and poisoned chocs and wipe them all out like weasels!"

Das sweet-shop wears a bejewelled turban, as if it were a human head.

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