smoke shop
Americannoun
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a shop selling tobacco products.
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Slang.
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a place where marijuana or other illicit drugs are sold surreptitiously.
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Etymology
Origin of smoke shop
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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Mother and daughter were last spotted on security footage from a smoke shop in Atwater that captured Owen parking and then changing Sandra’s diaper around 7:30 p.m., police said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2025
The deputy, who was investigating one of two smoke shop burglaries in the area, had responded to a call just before 6:30 a.m. about people seen transferring items between two vehicles.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
The income from those leases, the tribe’s smoke shop and from utility fees is used for services on the reservation.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
Most Blank Streets are less than 350 square feet, the size of a smoke shop, a cellphone store or a bare-bones deli.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
Steve Sungho Lee, and six of his companies, faced 163 criminal misdemeanor charges stemming from the May 16, 2020, explosion inside an East 3rd Street warehouse that housed a smoke shop and vaping supplier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
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