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

At four o’clock she retired into a confectioner’s shop, and refreshed herself by a daintily served tea.

From Lady Cassandra by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

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

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