tobacconist's shop
- noun
- UK
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- I stopped by the tobacconist's shop to buy a box of fine cigars.
Examples
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The tobacconist's shop on the corner carries a wide selection of pipes and accessories.
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I bought some cigars at the tobacconist's shop.
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During his trip to London, he visited a historic tobacconist's shop near Piccadilly.
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Do you know where the nearest tobacconist's shop is?
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He walked into the tobacconist's shop to buy some cigars for the weekend.
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The tobacconist's shop on the corner has a great selection of pipe tobacco.
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She often visits the tobacconist's shop to find unique smoking accessories.
Synonyms
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6.5
A shop or person who sells cigarettes, cigars, and pipes for smoking
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1.8
A shop that sells cigarettes, cigars, and smoking pipes
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
tobacconist's + shop
The phrase is directly compositional: 'tobacconist's' denotes a person or business dealing in tobacco and 'shop' denotes a place selling goods, so together they clearly mean a shop that sells tobacco and related items. This noun + shop/genitive pattern is regular and common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
The name tobacconist's shop comes from the person called the tobacconist who sold tobacco from a small shop. Imagine a counter full of cigars, pipes and tins of tobacco with the seller behind it, so the phrase means 'a shop where tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, and smoking accessories are sold'.