Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A candy store.

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  • noun A shop selling confectionery; particularly but not necessarily one that sells predominantly confectionery.

Etymologies

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sweet +‎ shop

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Examples

  • What would a "sweetshop" be to-day without chocolate, that summit of the confectioner's art, when the rich brown of chocolate is the predominant note in every confectioner's window?

    Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer Arthur William Knapp

  • I have just seen the dude in question on TBR he was outside the sweetshop which is on the corner of Decima Street an was being shouted at by the shopkeeper there.

    London SE1 community website sharky77 2010

  • I have just seen the dude in question on TBR he was outside the sweetshop which is on the corner of Decima Street an was being shouted at by the shopkeeper there.

    London SE1 community website 2010

  • I used to try to scare him, to make him laugh, said Anil Lakhotia, Yash's father, as he wept in a cafe around the corner from his busy sweetshop.

    Heartache for India's new rich as brutal kidnappers target their children 2011

  • While in the Raval barrio you could try the London Bar at Carrer Nou de la Rambla 34, or Casa Almirall though be mindful the waiters here are unreformed Franquistas – Franco supporters at Carrer de Joaquín Costa 33, and the lovingly restored sweetshop La Confiteria at Carrer de Sant Pau 128.

    10 of the best barrio bars in Barcelona 2011

  • We go through the back of a sweetshop and up the stairs to where a business centre shares the first floor with tiny living quarters: a wrong turn takes you into a kitchen.

    April « 2009 « Squares of Wheat 2009

  • We go through the back of a sweetshop and up the stairs to where a business centre shares the first floor with tiny living quarters: a wrong turn takes you into a kitchen.

    Bombs, slums, and brightly-coloured balloons « Squares of Wheat 2009

  • While in the Raval barrio you could try the London Bar at Carrer Nou de la Rambla 34, or Casa Almirall though be mindful the waiters here are unreformed Franquistas – Franco supporters at Carrer de Joaquín Costa 33, and the lovingly restored sweetshop La Confiteria at Carrer de Sant Pau 128.

    10 of the best barrio bars in Barcelona 2011

  • I followed him across the street to a sweetshop, whose display of sticky treats and chocolate confections made me want to press my nose to the window and lick the glass.

    Bleeding Violet Dia Reeves 2010

  • His words died away as we both beheld Petra on the back stoop of the sweetshop, kissing a boy.

    Bleeding Violet Dia Reeves 2010

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