ice-creamery

A form of ice creamery — A place where ice cream is made.

Meanings

nounice-creamery (plural ice-creameries)

plural ice-creameries

  1. alternativeAlternative form of ice creamery.

    Glenelg beach, with its ice-creameries and book exchanges, pubs and fish shops selling Fresh Oshun Fish.

    2010, Stephen Orr, Time’s Long Ruin, Wakefield Press, →ISBN, page 122
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    […] now, Taylor, defiant and unconquerable, is building an ice-creamery on the corner of White street and Broadway, before the unimaginable splendor of which, Thomson will pale his ineffectual fire.

    1853, J. Clement, editor, The Western Literary Messenger: A Family Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, Morality and General Intelligence, Buffalo: Jewett, Thomas & Co. […], page 55, column 2

    The rain lashed at the windows of the ice-creamery as Hazel, Gus, Peter, and Abigail huddled inside on the largest table.

    2022, Helen Rolfe, Finding Happiness at Heritage View, Boldwood Books, →ISBN

    It would have been too risky to have sought camouflage in the queue at the ice-creamery, hankering as I was for a sampling of a flavour other than strawberry, and a bottle of water.

    2023, Fil Bufalo, Two Suitcases full of Kangaroos, Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN
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