candy store

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Noun

candy store (plural candy stores)

1. (US, Philippines) A store that sells principally candy.
   • 1958, Jack Clement (lyrics and music), “Ballad of a Teenage Queen”, performed by Johnny Cash:

     Boys hung around her by the score / But she loved the boy next door / Who worked at the candy store

Synonyms

• (a store that sells candy): sweet shop (UK), confectioner's (UK)

Derived terms

• candy store problem
• like a kid in a candy store

Translations

sweetshop — see sweetshop