candy store
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈkændi stɔr/
- US
:
tienda de golosinas
- What kind of a candy store is this, you don't have ice cream?
- a kid in a candy store
Now there's the best candy store in Jerusalem on the Cardo.
- Now there's the best candy store in Jerusalem on the Cardo.
- And then I went to a candy store and got some authentic Chinese candy.
- Some of them are like kids in a candy store, trying to go to everything they can see and be seen, meet people, get their supply.
- And, and so I'm always like, like a kid in a candy store just going crazy.
- There are some new people here that we're meeting and new ideas and, and so I'm like a kid in a candy store that loves candy.
Examples
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You took her to the candy store.
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I saw the older boys playing at the back of the candy store.
Fiction book (1997) -
I used to give him five dollars to go to the candy store.
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We will be the first kids' candy store in Columbia.
Academic text (1998) -
So, D.R. went to a nice candy store and got some candy, and then she went home.
Blog text (23) -
I guess most people in this era came into a candy store intent on one or two particular items.
Fiction book (1998) -
We will be the only candy store in the Rosewood area.
Academic text (1998) -
After school let out each day, dozens of children paraded into the candy store.
Fiction book (1997) -
We cruise past countless boutiques and a candy store window heaped with creamy brown pralines.
Fiction book (1995) -
After school, he goes to the candy store to buy a bag of coffee caramels.
Synonyms
8
4.1
A person or company that makes and sells sweets like chocolate and candy
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3.9
A shop that sells sweets and chocolate
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3.2
A shop that sells sweets like chocolate and toffees
A small shop in a school that sells sweets, snacks, and drinks
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The noun candy store shows a small store full of candy, with bright sweets in jars and on shelves. That's why it means 'a shop that sells candy'.