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tuck shop
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tuck shop
n
(Cookery) Chiefly Brit a shop, esp one in or near a school, where food such as cakes and sweets are sold
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Noun1.tuck shop - a candy store in Great Britaintuck shop - a candy store in Great Britain      
candy store, confectionary, confectionery - a confectioner's shop
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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tuck shop
n (Brit) → Bonbonladen m
tuck shop n (Brit) (Scol) (old) → negozio di pasticceria (in o vicino ad una scuola)
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This research was a joint initiative between the Queensland Association of School Tuckshops and the Heart Foundation (Qld) and was funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing through the National Child Nutrition Program.
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