"whelk stall" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: whelk stalls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} whelk stall (plural whelk stalls)
  1. (British, colloquial, slang) A small enterprise which is very simple to run. Tags: British, colloquial, slang Related terms: couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
    Sense id: en-whelk_stall-en-noun-4goF93AV Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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