confectioner's shop
Example Sentences
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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
My Uncle Peter married a girl in a confectioner's shop at Cambridge.
From Changing Winds A Novel by Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer)
She went straight to a house in Norton Square; and I managed to make some inquiries about her at a confectioner's shop in the neighborhood.
From A Life Sentence A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
Soon Lori was seated in the confectioner's shop, and waited eagerly for the result of her pink note.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von
