whelk stall

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

whelk stall (plural whelk stalls)

1. (British, colloquial, slang) A small enterprise which is very simple to run.

   The Group Executive Committee couldn't run a whelk stall!

Usage notes

Normally used as part of a mildly derisory and exclamatory phrase, indicating failure to carry out simple tasks that others would find easy to accomplish.

See also

• couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery