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

My Uncle Peter married a girl in a confectioner's shop at Cambridge.

From Changing Winds A Novel by Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer)

They were passing a confectioner's shop; perhaps he noticed—for he seemed a sharp enough little bounder—Louie's glance at the window; he turned to her.

From The Story of Louie by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

As Lori left the confectioner's shop, she had to pass readers, who were deeply absorbed in their newspapers.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von