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sweetery en · NOUN

Etymology

From sweet + -ery.

Meanings

1. (countable) A place in which sweets are made and/or sold.
   • The Las Vegas-based cafe and sweetery chain signed a lease on May 15 for 4,000 square feet on the ground floor of the arena, Commercial Observer has learned. 2014 May 29, Lauren Elkies Schram, “Sugar Factory Signs Sweet Deal at Barclays Center”, in Commercial Observer, New York, N.Y.: Observer Media, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2014:
   • Rosemarie de Paris Chocolate Shops were the crème de la crème of ritzy tearoom sweeteries, but there were only a few locations, mainly in Manhattan. 2010, Sam Irvin, Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 263:
   • Until recently, Lia had managed to stay lithe despite owning Pelican’s two popular sweeteries, Fais Dough Dough Patisserie and Bon Bon Sweets. 2017, Ellen Byron, A Cajun Christmas Killing, New York, N.Y.: Crooked Lane, →ISBN, page 39:
   • The school I attended was in such a well-scrubbed residential neighborhood there was no storefront space where a luncheonette might lodge or a candy store suspend its Coca-Cola sign, although sweeteries could be commonly found near schools all over town. 1995, William H[oward] Gass, The Tunnel, Normal, Ill.: Dalkey Archive Press, published 2014, →ISBN, page 564:
   • Sicilians are not peculiar in their love of sweets, but I have never tasted elsewhere confections so delicious, and confectioneries bear the suggestive name of dolcerie, or sweeteries. 1898, George B[oardman] Taylor, “A Run Through Italy—Continued”, in Italy and the Italians, Philadelphia, Pa.: American Baptist Publication Society, page 181:
   • In the Machinery Hall everything is motor-driven—Linotype machines, die presses, printing and lithographing machines of all kinds, sweeteries, bakeries, and conveyors, looms and soap making machines. 1907 June 14, “The Irish International Exhibition”, in The Electrical Review, volume LX, number 1,542, London, page 971, column 1:
   • THREE CHURCH STREET EATERIES, one specializing in sweeteries (Rami’s Caffe, Chloe’s, and What’s for Dessert), will get together to hold a benefit Oct. 23 in memory of Rami Sternfeld, the well-loved Church Street restaurateur who died last May of an AIDS-related illness. 1994 September, Mazook, “Rumors”, in The Noe Valley Voice, volume XVIII, number 7, San Francisco, Calif., page 37, column 4:
   • The coffee bar and sweetery is located in downtown Hammonton, on a street where there’s also a nice Italian restaurant, a popular toy store and so much more to see. 2022 September 29, Celeste E. Whittaker, “Looking for a cup of joe? Here are 10 South Jersey shops to try on National Coffee Day 2022”, in Courier-Post, Cherry Hill, N.J., archived from the original on 10 Nov 2023:
   • Sweet shop: Wolf’s Homemade Candies on S. Council Street is a staple for Attica-area residents and a must-see for visitors. Think I’m kidding? When a former co-worker returned from the “sweetery,” I had a few samplings from his tasty stop. 2009, Jeff Barr, Golf’s Best-Kept Secrets: Awesome and Affordable Public Courses Anyone Can Play, South Portland, Me.: Sellers Publishing, →ISBN, page 75, column 2:
   • In thinking back almost 50 years, my memories seem to center around food. I spent many lunch hours at the sweetery. 2001 February, Bruce Blockley, “More Fond Memories”, in The Richmond ReView, volume 13, number 5, San Francisco, Calif., page 4, column 2:
   • She and her friend Mary Halloren (who was also the daughter of a baker and lived at number 27) would spend their pennies, when they had them, on cream sweets, stealing as many more from the old women who owned the sweeteries, such as old Mrs Francis on Prospect Hill. 1992, Peter Costello, “‘Nora’”, in James Joyce: The Years of Growth, 1882-1915, Schull, County Cork: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, →ISBN, page 243:
   • Bakeries, ice cream parlors and candy shops all in one, these sweeteries, offshoots of a New Jersey outfit, showcase tempting treats like dainty salted caramel macarons, fluffy croissants, waffle-and-bacon milkshakes and whimsically shaped chocolates; […] 2013, Randi Gollin, Carol Diuguid, editors, Zagat 2014 New York City Shopping & Food Lover’s Guide, New York, N.Y.: Zagat Survey, LLC, →ISBN, page 299:
   • Residences were shut off from food supplies, and even Mac’s – the famed campus sweetery – was closed for the first time in its history. 2006 autumn, Stacey Gibson, “A Newsroom of One’s Own”, in University of Toronto Magazine, Toronto, Ont.: University of Toronto, page 39, column 1:
   • The father stopped at a sweetery and bought treats for “his” girls. 2020, Sarah Kozloff, A Queen in Hiding, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN:
   • You can buy Indian sweets (including Bengali) at various ‘sweeteries’ in Kolkata, including Indra Mahal on Chowringhee Rd and at KC Das on Lenin Sarani (near the corner of Bentinck St); […] 2001, Sarina Singh, Joe Bindloss, Teresa Cannon, Joyce Connolly, Peter Davis, Paul Greenway, Anthony Ham, Paul Harding, Alan Murphy, Richard Plunkett, India, 9th edition, Melbourne, Vic.: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 449, column 1:
   • There’s also a Mouse Mine ride, panning for gold, and a petting farm, along with various rides, snackeries, and sweeteries to please children of all ages. 1983, Robert W. Tolf, Country Inns of the Old South, San Francisco, Calif.: 101 Productions, →ISBN, page 82:
   • Things get pretty rough in the sweeteries sometimes, especially with crowds milling about. On one such occasion up at Bloor street somebody pushed a waitress, who, by the law of gravitation, was compelled to splash chocolate sodas over a couple nearby. 1943 January 27, rex wilson, “hither and yon”, in Varsity: The Undergraduate Newspaper, volume LXII, number 70, Toronto, Ont.: University of Toronto, page 3, column 2:
2. (in-plural, rare, uncountable) Sweets collectively.
   • […] this batch of sweetery hopefully will tailor richly to your palates。[…] [image of chocolate sweets] 2020 October 23, @tenderlyteal, Twitter, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2020:
   • Delicious sweetery / Vast variety of cheesecake slices. Everything imaginable. 2019 April 18, Samwill89, “The Cheesecake Factory”, in Tripadvisor, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2023:
   • Miss Ruby Geer and Miss Winnie Law looked after the fancy goods stall, while another fancy goods stall was under the charge of Miss Mabel White and Miss Violet Browning. The sweeteries stall was superintended by Miss Kathleen Blow. A large number of ladies officiated at the refreshment stall. 1905 December 8, “Young Leaguer’s Sale of Work. Bright Scenes at the Club Hall.”, in The Sevenoaks Chronicle, and Kentish Advertiser, number 1378, Sevenoaks, Kent, page 5, column 5:
   • Dessert featured all sorts of yummy sweetery and colorful marzipan mushrooms. 2008 May 19, the Bede, “[insomnia / celebwatch] inside Talentless Ashlee's classless wedding”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Nov 2023:
   • This is the Café-Konditorei which has been synonymous with the Viennese tradition of sweetery since its founding in 1776, the year when the United States achieved independence. 1992, Sevan Nisanyan, Vienna & Budapest (American Express Travel Guide), New York, N.Y.: Prentice Hall Travel, →ISBN, page 166:
   • In the months leading up to his murderous assault upon the vendor of iced sweeteries, the Daddy had, as they say, lived on his nerves. 2001, Robert Rankin, The Fandom of the Operator, London: Corgi Books, Transworld Publishers, published 2002, →ISBN, page 103:

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