Wiktionary
alt. (context UK Australia New Zealand English) a shop selling confectionery, especially one in or near a school. n. (context UK Australia New Zealand English) a shop selling confectionery, especially one in or near a school.
WordNet
n. a candy store in Great Britain
Wikipedia
A tuck shop is a small, food-selling retailer. It is a term principally used in the UK, Ireland, Grenada, South Africa, New Zealand, Jamaica, Australia, India, and occasionally in other parts of the former British Empire. In New South Wales, the term is interchangeable with the word canteen.
When the tuck shop is in a school, it is frequently the only place (other than the school canteen) where monetary transactions can be made. As such, particularly in the UK, they often sell items of stationery too, although food is still their primary source of income and customers. In Australia at both youth clubs and schools the tuck shop is mainly staffed by volunteers from the community, which may include students, parents and, in the case of clubs, members. The term is also used in Indian boarding schools. In Canada, summer camps often have tuck shops for the same reason, to allow campers to buy small items while away from home.
Tuck shops in a long-term care facility typically sell personal hygiene items such as razors, soap, and shampoo.
Usage examples of "tuck shop".
It had a snooker room, a badminton court and swimming-pool, a tuck shop and a chapel, a cricket pitch and social club, a podiatrist and hairdresser, kitchens, sewing room and laundry.
The word-of-mouth publicity was so good that Snotty was able to demand cash with reservation, and even so his booking sheet was full as far ahead as the beginning of the hols and half the fellows were saving so frantically to try and come up with two pounds that sales at the school tuck shop fell off dramatically.
Three months back, Craigie had been entered at the dead of night and the tuck shop emptied.
There is a tuck shop on the far side of the room where visitors can purchase non-alcoholic drinks, chocolate and crisps.
I found a small tuck shop that was closing down and I started off in there.