sweet-shop

[ sweet-shop ]

/ ˈswitˌʃɒp /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR sweet-shop ON THESAURUS.COM

noun British.

a store that sells candy.

Origin of sweet-shop

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby sweet-shop

sweet pepperbush, sweet potato, sweet roll, sweet scabious, sweet-scented, sweet-shop, sweet shrub, sweetsop, sweet sorghum, sweet spirit of nitre, sweet spot

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Example sentences from the Web for sweet-shop

She seemed to find nothing odd in the fact of a small boy being in charge of a sweet-shop.
Just William|Richmal Crompton
The man in the sweet-shop told him his only chance of getting a paper was at the railway station.
The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's|Talbot Baines Reed
She was to feel henceforth as if she were flattening her nose upon the hard window-pane of the sweet-shop of knowledge.
What Maisie Knew|Henry James
But little Publius knew a sweet-shop, and a trick worth two of that.
The Forsyte Saga, Complete|John Galsworthy

The proprietor of the sweet-shop, however, was not sensitive.
Just William|Richmal Crompton

British Dictionary definitions for sweet-shop

sweet shop

noun

mainly British 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

单词	sweet-shop
释义	sweet-shop [ sweet-shop ] / ˈswitˌʃɒp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sweet-shop ON THESAURUS.COM noun British. a store that sells candy. Origin of sweet-shop First recorded in 1875–80 Words nearby sweet-shop sweet pepperbush, sweet potato, sweet roll, sweet scabious, sweet-scented, sweet-shop, sweet shrub, sweetsop, sweet sorghum, sweet spirit of nitre, sweet spot Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sweet-shop She seemed to find nothing odd in the fact of a small boy being in charge of a sweet-shop. Just William\|Richmal Crompton The man in the sweet-shop told him his only chance of getting a paper was at the railway station. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's\|Talbot Baines Reed She was to feel henceforth as if she were flattening her nose upon the hard window-pane of the sweet-shop of knowledge. What Maisie Knew\|Henry James But little Publius knew a sweet-shop, and a trick worth two of that. The Forsyte Saga, Complete\|John Galsworthy The proprietor of the sweet-shop, however, was not sensitive. Just William\|Richmal Crompton British Dictionary definitions for sweet-shop sweet shop noun mainly British 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 Words related to sweet-shop confectionery, tuck shop
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