tobacconist
/tə'bækənist/
Definition
- Noun:
- A shop that sells tobacco products: A retail establishment specializing in selling items such as cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and related accessories.
- A person who sells tobacco products: A retail dealer whose business is selling tobacco and tobacco-related articles.
Examples
- Noun:
- I need to stop by the tobacconist to buy a new pipe.
- The old tobacconist on the corner has been in business for fifty years.
Advanced Usage
- "Tobacconist's": Often used to refer to the shop itself, where the possessive form implies the establishment.
- I'll meet you outside the tobacconist's.
Variants and Related Words
- Tobacco (n): The prepared leaves of the tobacco plant, used for smoking, chewing, or snuff.
- Tobacconist's shop (n phrase): A more explicit term for the retail store.
Synonyms
- Cigar store: A shop specializing in cigars and often other tobacco products.
- Smoke shop: A modern term for a store selling tobacco products and often related paraphernalia.
Related Phrases
- "To run a tobacconist": To own or manage a tobacco shop.
- His dream was to run a small tobacconist in the village.
Noun
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a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes
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a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles
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