Meanings
plural pastry shops
- datedSynonym of patisserie.
Every Wednesday and Saturday the remaining stock of the pastry-shop was handed over to Robert, who had it at "stale price."
1867, Joseph Charles Parkinson, “Genii of the Cave”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round1 more example
When I was around fourteen, I left school and the pastry shop to get an apprenticeship in a bigger town. I wanted to work for someone who made really good pastries.
2013, J. M. Bedell, So, You Want to Be a Chef?Synonyms: patisserie, cakery, cake shop
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of patisserie.
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