tuck shop en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From tuck (“snack food”) + shop.
Meanings
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(Australia, Canada, India, New-Zealand, Singapore, South-Africa, UK) A shop selling confectionery, especially one in or near a school.
You had a small amount of pocket money and this increased as you went along and there was a tuck shop where you could spend your earnings.[…]I became a senior boy and then a pefect and it became my responsibility to run the tuck shop.
2005, Susan K. Moore, I Remember Bare Bottoms and Stinging Nettles, page 108:In this case, the problem is that the tuck-shop has stopped making money and will have to close if you can′t find out what is wrong.
2009, R. Burger, B. P. Carels, S. Els, FET College Series: Life Orientation: NCV 4, South Africa: Pearson Education, page 163:One way is to make the sandwiches then choose the three most popular sandwiches to sell in the tuck shop.
1989, Jenny Ridgwell, Louise Davies, Skills in Home Economics: Technology, Heinemann Educational Publishers, page 11:However, a trend for healthier tuck shops, selling fruit in particular, had already emerged a few years before legislation was introduced.
2009, Maria Cross, Barbara MacDonald, Nutrition in Institutions, UK: Wiley, page 49:If possible a school must have a place for a tuck shop.
1996, K. S. Sidhu, “School Organisation And Administration”, in India, Sterling Publishers, page 90:‘That note you′re holding is an order for the Crobost Stores, to restock the tuck shop.’
2011, Peter May, The Blackhouse, UK: Quercus, page 23:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tuckshop | alternative | lexicographic | |
| tuck shops | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| tuck-shop | alternative | lexicographic |