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tobacconist

[ tuh-bak-uh-nist ]

noun

  1. a dealer in tobacco, especially the owner of a store that sells pipe tobaccos, cigarettes, and cigars.


tobacconist

/ təˈbækənɪst /

noun

  1. a person or shop that sells tobacco, cigarettes, pipes, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tobacconist1

1590–1600; tobacco + intrusive -n- + -ist
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Example Sentences

His cigarette, I could tell, was something special, not a brand you could buy from the corner tobacconist.

The work is dedicated to Humphrey King, a tobacconist, and is full of curious sayings in regard to the plant.

The tobacconist whom he thus favored was his under-treasurer, Hardham, whom no writer about snuff should omit to notice.

An odd feature of the church is the little shop built in the base of the tower, where a tobacconist now plies his trade.

He hurried back to the tobacconist's where the telephone sign had been.

He bought a good cigar at the first tobacconist's and went down to the quay with a light step.

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