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Definition of Tuck shop
1. Noun. A candy store in Great Britain.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Definition of Tuck shop
1. Noun. (British Australia New Zealand) a shop selling confectionery, especially one near a school ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuck Shop
Literary usage of Tuck shop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Windsor Magazine (1905)
"lt When hampers came, he was given enough grub to stock a tuck-shop." was as hot
as if I'd been sitting in front of a fire. He touched his forehead and ..."
2. Suggested reforms in public schools by C. C. Cotterill (1885)
"It does not mean that the boy who had eaten at the tuck-shop, ... And yet some
such unrestricted commerce of the tuck-shop is the rule at Public Schools.1 ..."
3. Emerging Voices: A Report on Education in South African Rural Communities by Human Sciences Research Council, Nelson Mandela Foundation (2005)
"Mrs M runs her own small tuck shop in KwaZulu-Natal, and is not considered to be
one of the poorest members of her community. ..."
4. Mind and Its Disorders: A Text-book for Students and Practitioners by William Henry Butter Stoddart (1908)
"I do not mean the sweet-shop, but the ' tuck-shop ' where they sell such things
as dough-nuts. The period between twelve and fifteen is characterized by ..."
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