candy store

candy store

n. a liquor store. Let’s stop at this candy store and get some bubbles.
See also: candy, store
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • store
  • leeky store
  • in store
  • have (something) in store (for one)
  • have in store
  • be in store
  • be in store (for one)
  • liquor store
  • lie in store
  • dime store
References in periodicals archive
"We've all heard the expression 'like a kid in a candy store'--but this larger-than-life candy experience will exceed all expectations for those who are young and young at heart," said Don Ghermezian, CEO, American, Dream.
American Dream will be home to three-level sweetshop It'Sugar
His wife Laura had the honor of unveiling "Hersch's Bee Hive Way," where the eponymous candy store once stood.
New Jersey Street Named After Bayonne Beat Poet and Candy Store Owner, Herschel 'Hersch' Silverman
We wanted to make sure that when customers walk in they have that nostalgic feeling from entering a candy store in their youth.
THE CANDY MAN CAN
Sweet treats at Spangles candy store, FarGo Village
FarGo's Friday showcase of street food
Now The Candy Store has taken on premises close to the new Stephenson Street entrance to New Street Station, in Lower Temple Street.
Candy store in tasty city centre site
The Candy Store has taken on its latest Birmingham premises in Lower Temple Street, beating competition from several large occupiers, including a national bakery chain.
A round-up of news from the commercial property sector in the past week
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Bjorn Borg announces first underwear Candy store in England
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Bjorn Borg announces first underwear Candy store in England
However, it does not require a significant historic event to provoke the goodness of New Yorkers, as was demonstrated in the case of Ray's Candy Store in Brooklyn.
Rallying for Ray
Washington, September 22 (ANI): Madonna's dream job was to work in a candy store when she was younger.
Madonna dreamed of working in candy store
"I've just been so angry at God," he said during his sermon at Pete's Candy Store that weekend, as heartache washed over his face.
Son of a preacher man: Jay Bakker thinks God is for gay people too, and he's going to bars to bring religion back to the disillusioned. Jim and Tammy Faye's baby boy has a new church and a new reality series, One Punk Under God
For an artist known for free-associative riffs on the links between music, noise, and art history, the opportunity to root around in the Walker's storage rooms must have turned Marclay into the proverbial kid in candy store.
Christian Marclay: Paula Cooper Gallery
But when they arrive at the candy store the find a crowed in front bercause across the sidewalk someone has written angry, hurtful words.
Candy Shop
Similarly, children who ate candy that their mothers had made suffered far less criticism than those who bought it at the candy store. In the eyes of some, penny candy stores and ice cream vendors made sugary goods--once a luxury of the upper classes--all too common.
Refined Tastes: Sugar, Confectionery, and Consumers in Nineteenth-Century America
In the four-day lesson described in this investigation, children explore weight measurement, equivalence, and counting, and use the processes of problem solving and communication to simulate activities in a candy store. The candy-store theme serves as a framework for children to practice using balance scales as tools for standard and nonstandard measurement experiences.
The mathematical candy store: weight matters