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Polski sklep
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English
Etymology
From en pl 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
en UK A shop selling Polish and Eastern European groceries; typically a small high street corner shop that also sells everyday products.
en 2016-12-06 Rebecca Woods Brexit six months on: How do Birmingham's Polish expats feel now? Charity shops, pound shops and discount stores fill a large number of the units, with at least six Polski skleps among them. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-38394281 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20251019103754/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-38394281 19 October 2025
en 2017-10-05 Sophie Hannah Deadlier: 100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women Bloomsbury Publishing 9781784975456 On the high street, he spots a Polski sklep next to a Tesco Express - a new addition judging by the fresh paint job.
en 2022-07-07 Rosie Mullender The Time of My Life Hachette UK 9780751585230 Jess was pushing her way into the Polski Sklep on the corner to top up her depleted alcohol supplies.
en 2022-03-17 Hardeep Matharu Wokelore: Boris Johnson's Culture War and Other Stories Unbound Publishing 9781800181267 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.