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.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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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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