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tuckshop

tuckshop is the alternative spelling of tuck shop.

Meaning of tuck shop

Noun

tuck shop (plural tuck shops)

  1. (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa) A shop selling confectionery, especially one in or near a school.
    • 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

Forms of tuckshop

pluraltuckshops

Questions about tuckshop

What is tuckshop the alternative spelling of?
Tuckshop is the alternative spelling of tuck shop.

Words near tuckshop in the dictionary

  1. tucks away
  2. tucks in
  3. tucks into
  4. tucks out
  5. tucks up
  6. tuckshop
  7. tuckshops
  8. tucktoo
  9. Tuckurimba
  10. tuckus
  11. tuckuses

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