| 单词 | corner dairy |
| 释义 | > as lemmascorner dairy Chiefly Scottish and New Zealand. A local shop, originally one specializing in milk and other dairy products, but now usually a convenience store selling confectionery, newspapers, groceries, etc. Sometimes more fully corner dairy.Cf. corner shop n. at corner n.1 Compounds 2, milk bar n. at milk n.1 and adj. Compounds 3a. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > small shop > local convenience store1902 duka1912 dairy1914 sari-sari store1925 café1957 corner shop1963 neighbourhood friendly1970 depanneur1975 kirana1979 1914 J. M. Hay Gillespie 525 He..walked along on the look-out for an eating-house. In Kelvinhaugh he entered a dairy, drank two glasses of milk and ate a scone. 1945 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 272 268/1 In Auckland a large number of shops close on Saturday... The result is that all these little dairies have arisen... It is not milk they are selling, but groceries. 1984 J. Kelman Busconductor Hines (1992) i. 33 This conductor I was on with the other day, first terminus and off he jumps straight into a wee dairy—two jamrolls and two pints of milk. 2018 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 20 Dec. (Advertising Suppl.) 39 The modern service station is the corner dairy of the 21st century, a crosspoint where all members of the community can come to get everything from hot coffees and pies to the latest news. < as lemmas |
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