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

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

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

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