tobacconist
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- noun
- /təˈbækənɪst/
- UK
:
estanquero
- At the local tobacconist, you can find everything from cigarettes to tobacco accessories.
- tobacconist shop
It was near Old Street and, and me dad and the cattle fellas and they, they, they went and robbed the tobacconist.
- It was near Old Street and, and me dad and the cattle fellas and they, they, they went and robbed the tobacconist.
Examples
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This is a tobacconist's.
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The tobacconist offered a wide selection of cigars and pipes.
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Up there a sign: Tobacconist, A. Nobbs.
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Oh, well, yes, a tobacconist's, now?
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You said, "There's a little tobacconist just around the corner."
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There's a little tobacconist just around the corner.
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I returned to the tobacconist's one morning to find the lock snugly replaced.
Fiction book (1999) -
Many of these Hungarians went into tobacconists to buy cigarettes.
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She kept on, past the tobacconist's and the cube shop, down to the municipal bus shelter beyond the next crossing.
Fiction book (1991) -
She stopped by the tobacconist to buy some rolling papers and tobacco.
Synonyms
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A person who sells or smokes cigarettes
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A shop or person that sells newspapers, magazines and small snacks
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A shop that sells cigarettes, cigars, and smoking pipes
A shop that sells cigarettes, cigars and things for smoking
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Etymology
Tobacconist comes from tobacco, which entered English from Spanish 'tabaco', a Caribbean word for the plant or the pipe, plus the ending -ist. The -ist part means 'a person who does or sells something', as in florist, so a tobacconist is a person or shop that sells tobacco products.