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

The confectioner’s shop reached, Lola had time for no more advice.

From Marjorie Dean, College Senior by Lester, Pauline

No one can understand the extent of their folly till he has seen a confectioner's shop which has been besieged by a crowd of hungry bees.

From The Children's Life of the Bee by Maeterlinck, Maurice

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