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tuck shop

noun

Etymology

From tuck (“snack food”) + shop.

Definitions

  1. A shop selling confectionery, especially one in or near a school.

    • One way is to make the sandwiches then choose the three most popular sandwiches to sell in the tuck shop.
    • If possible a school must have a place for a tuck shop.
    • You had a small amount of pocket money and this increased as you went along and there was a tuck shop where you could spend your earnings.[…]I became a senior boy and then a pefect and it became my responsibility to run the tuck shop.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA