Polski sklep

English

Etymology

From Polish polski sklep (“Polish shop”). Polski is usually capitalised in English as all national demonyms are, although in Polish it would be written in lower case.

Noun

Polski sklep (plural Polski skleps)

1. (UK) A shop selling Polish and Eastern European groceries; typically a small high street corner shop that also sells everyday products.
   • 2016 December 6, Rebecca Woods, “Brexit six months on: How do Birmingham's Polish expats feel now?”, in BBC News‎^[1]:

     Charity shops, pound shops and discount stores fill a large number of the units, with at least six Polski skleps among them.

   • 2017 October 5, Sophie Hannah, Deadlier: 100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     On the high street, he spots a Polski sklep next to a Tesco Express - a new addition judging by the fresh paint job.

   • 2022 July 7, Rosie Mullender, The Time of My Life, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     Jess was pushing her way into the Polski Sklep on the corner to top up her depleted alcohol supplies.

   • 2022 March 17, Hardeep Matharu, Wokelore: Boris Johnson's Culture War and Other Stories, Unbound Publishing, →ISBN:

     The flora and fauna of that trip have now invaded my memories, my guts and my skin just as - for nearly half a century French cheeses, Italian cappuccini, Danish flooring, Swedish furniture, Spanish banks, Polski skleps, German domestic goods, have invaded and changed our country for good.