Definition of "tuck-shop" []

• Chiefly British A shop where candy and other sweets are sold; a confectionery. (noun)

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• ""Well, sir," says I, "like you, I wouldn't trust the Nana as far as the tuck-shop.""
• "In absence of proper control and check on the manufacture and sale of spurious goods, seven children fell ill after consuming stale sweets from a local tuck-shop in Kashmir village."
• "My father financed the bulk and my mother helped by organising a variety of fund-raisers: she held raffles and put on a movie evening at school, while I worked in the tuck-shop selling sweets."