Candy-store
noun
(US & Canadian) a shop solely or largely selling confectionary Also called (in Britain and certain other countries) sweet shop
Contemporary Examples
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview Alex Belth February 15, 2014
New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban Jay Michaelson December 19, 2014
‘Asteroids’ & The Dawn of the Gamer Age David Owen November 28, 2014
The Conservatives’ Great Black Hope Evan Gahr May 18, 2014
Historical Examples
The Blunders of a Bashful Man Metta Victoria Fuller Victor
The Day of the Beast Zane Grey
Babbitt Sinclair Lewis
Saturday’s Child Kathleen Norris
We Can’t Have Everything Rupert Hughes
Main Street Sinclair Lewis
A place where wide-eyed dreams are or may be fulfilled: The US market is the candy store for one and all
Personal territory or property; turf: It’s Aidid’s candy store (1990s+)
Read Also:
- Candy-stripe
a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- Candy-striped
having a design in candy stripe. Contemporary Examples The Secret Speakeasies of Buenos Aires Jeff Campagna February 24, 2014 adjective (esp of clothing fabric) having narrow coloured stripes on a white background
- Candy-striper
a person, often a teenager, who works as a volunteer in a hospital. Contemporary Examples Joe, Start Acting Jewish! Lee Siegel December 13, 2009 n.
- Candytuft
a plant of the genus Iberis, of the mustard family, especially I. umbellata, an ornamental plant with tufted pink, violet, purple, or red flowers, originally from the island of Crete. Historical Examples Gardening for Little Girls Olive Hyde Foster Amateur Gardencraft Eben E. Rexford Talks about Flowers. M. D. Wellcome The Old Woman Who Lived […]
- Candyass
a timid or cowardly person; sissy. timid or cowardly; sissified.