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Tuck shop. A tuck shop is a small retailer located either within or close-to the grounds of a school, hospital, apartment complex, [ 1] or other similar facility. In traditional British usage, tuck shops are associated chiefly with the sale of confectionery, sweets, or snacks and are common at private ('fee-paying') schools.
In the United States, dry goods are products such as textiles, ready-to-wear clothing, toiletries, [ 1] and "grocery items (such as tobacco, sugar, flour, and coffee) that do not contain liquid." [ 2] In US retailing, a dry-goods store carries consumer goods that are distinct from those carried by hardware stores and grocery stores. [ 1]
According to Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, the meaning expanded during the 1970s to also mean "to kill, to murder; to execute judicially". [1] [5] This usage was derived from the slang term used in restaurants. [6] Other slang dictionaries confirm this definition. [7] [8] [6]
An art gallery in Seattle's International District preserves the façade and some features of Higo Variety Store, an independent Japanese-American five and ten. A variety store (also five and dime (historic), pound shop, or dollar store) is a retail store that sells general merchandise, such as apparel, auto parts, dry goods, toys, hardware ...
A grocery store ( AE ), grocery shop ( BE) or simply grocery[ 1] is a foodservice retail store that primarily retails a general range of food products, [ 2] which may be fresh or packaged. In everyday U.S. usage, however, "grocery store" is a synonym for supermarket, [ 3] and is not used to refer to other types of stores that sell groceries.
Diner lingo is a kind of American verbal slang used by cooks and chefs in diners and diner-style restaurants, and by the wait staff to communicate their orders to the cooks. [ 1][ 2] Usage of terms with similar meaning, propagated by oral culture within each establishment, may vary by region or even among restaurants in the same locale.
The following is a list of slang that is used or popularized by Generation Z (Gen Z), generally those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s in the Western world. Generation Z slang differs from slang of prior generations. [1] [2] Ease of communication with the Internet facilitated the rapid proliferation of Gen Z slang. [2] [3] [4]
The city has been through a lot since French fur trader Madame Chouteau decided to set up shop on the banks of the Mississippi River. And it's not just a variation on American slang, either: the ...