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candy store

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noun

  1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): sweet shop.  a shop solely or largely selling confectionary

"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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Back in New York City, an upmarket candy store company called BonBon now has five shops across Manhattan and Brooklyn, and another in the Hamptons on Long Island that opened last summer.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

In urban neighborhoods, the local candy store often had a pay phone and acted as a message center for the surrounding area.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 2026

We’re kids staring into the window of the cosmic candy store.

From Slate Dec. 9, 2025

The luxury brand has teamed up with viral Swedish candy store BonBon on its newest limited edition collaboration, bringing the sensation to the West Coast.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2025

In the fruit and candy store where he had bought the newspaper that afternoon he selected a basket of fruit wrapped in cellophane.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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