confectioner's
Confectioner's is the British term for a sweet shop — a small retail outlet that primarily sells sweets, chocolates, toffees, and other sugary treats.
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Confectioner's is the British term for a sweet shop — a small retail outlet that primarily sells sweets, chocolates, toffees, and other sugary treats. Before the rise of supermarkets, the local confectioner's was a childhood institution, offering penny sweets scooped into paper bags and glass jars lined up behind the counter. The apostrophe reflects the old usage of confectioner's shop, where the shop belongs, notionally, to the confectioner who makes the goods.
The kids spent half their pocket money at the confectioner's every Saturday morning.
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(UK) A shop that principally sells confectionery.
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