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sweetshop in British English (ˈswiːtˌʃɒp) nounmainly British a shop solely or largely selling sweets, esp boiled sweets Examples of 'sweetshop' in a sentencesweetshop With insurance money, she bought a sweetshop with a cafe upstairs.They don't do that in a sweetshop or at a petrol station.There was a little sweetshop, a grocer's, a greengrocer's and a butcher's.The retro bottles have pink stripes like sweetshop bags (3.99, boots.com).So, on his way to school, he went into the sweetshop and handed over his 30p.The shop is tiny, like an old corner sweetshop but with the addition of a modest dining room.By that time you've tried all the sweets in the sweetshop and it's time to get yourconfectionery elsewhere.What used to be a humble sweetshop is now a gorgeous boutique hotel right on the beach.In the sweetshop, visitors can see oldfashioned sweets being heated, stretched out and then cooled on the counters.They were readily available at that favoured haunt of the schoolchild, the sweetshop, which added to their inescapable allure. |