tobacconist

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This morning the tobacconist was at his door.

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  1. noun A dealer in tobacco and smoking supplies.

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  • Bunting passed the time of day with the tobacconist, and the two fell into desultory talk. —  AHMM,October2007
  • There seemed no doubt that, if the tobacconist was right and it was Miss Faintley who had asked the way to the station, then the schoolmistress had abandoned Mark deliberately. —  Faintley Speaking - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 27: 1954
  • Or, A. D. Smoker and Burton J. Puffer might go around to W. C. Matchett, tobacconist, at 1635 South Second Street, and buy their Christmas cigars. —  Pipefuls
  • Before he became famous as a tobacconist, Hardham was, by night, a numberer of the pit for Garrick at Drury Lane. —  Highways ; Byways in Sussex
  • Sometimes, indeed, when he chanced to be very sure that they would not come for him until evening, he would stroll through the town for an hour, looking into the shop windows and making up his mind what he should buy; and sometimes, on such occasions, he would visit the scene of his late labours, as he called the tobacconist's shop on that day of the week, and would exchange a few friendly words with his former companions. —  A Cigarette-Maker's Romance
 

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