confectioner's shop

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He married a woman called Irene Ferrett and quickly frittered away his inheritance on a failed confectioner's shop in Mumbles – Hayward, in one of his better jokes, calls him a humbug merchant.

From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2013

Whether Mrs. Clarke was truly in need of a confectioner’s shop was a matter of opinion, but Penelope was too busy timing the children to comment.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

And this hour, I thought, could not be better spent than in sauntering through the street where the confectioner's shop stood, and patrolling a short time on the other side to watch who went in.

From Barbarossa and Other Tales by Heyse, Paul

Lori thought of the large newspaper in the confectioner's shop, behind which the fatal moustache had appeared, and blushed before the importunate spy, who rejoiced maliciously at his little triumph.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von

In front of Siraudin's confectioner's shop at the angle of the Boulevard des Capucines and the Rue de la Paix, there sits an old woman with two wooden legs.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.