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

Each put a tiny hand within our own, and thus escorted we passed along until the nearest confectioner's shop was reached.

From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Ballou, Maturin Murray

And so he continued his round-about and tiring walk until he arrived not at Don Romana's confectioner's shop, which was the usual glorious termination of his morning expeditions, but at the house of Paco Gomez.

From The Grandee by Palacio Valdés, Armando

At the confectioner’s shop, nearly opposite that lane, Pope and Warburton first met. 

From Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood by Anonymous