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
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
He passed a small confectioner's shop on his way from business, and he had observed and remembered a label in the window.
From Here and Hereafter by Pain, Barry
The mess-tables were laid out like the counters in a confectioner's shop, with apple and gooseberry tarts, plum and sponge-cakes in pyramids, besides various other unknown puffs, cakes, and loaves of all sizes and shapes.
From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold
