tobacconist

[ tuh-bak-uh-nist ]

/ təˈbæk ə nɪst /

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noun

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

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Origin of tobacconist

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

Words nearby tobacconist

tobacco budworm, tobacco heart, tobacco hornworm, tobacco mosaic, tobacco mosaic virus, tobacconist, tobacco road, Tobago, Tobagonian, Tobata, tobe

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How to use tobacconist in a sentence

His cigarette, I could tell, was something special, not a brand you could buy from the corner tobacconist.
The Real James Bond: Ian Fleming’s Commandos Reviewed|Michael Korda|November 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The work is dedicated to Humphrey King, a tobacconist, and is full of curious sayings in regard to the plant.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The tobacconist whom he thus favored was his under-treasurer, Hardham, whom no writer about snuff should omit to notice.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
An odd feature of the church is the little shop built in the base of the tower, where a tobacconist now plies his trade.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy

He hurried back to the tobacconist's where the telephone sign had been.
The Daffodil Mystery|Edgar Wallace
He bought a good cigar at the first tobacconist's and went down to the quay with a light step.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.|Guy de Maupassant

British Dictionary definitions for tobacconist

tobacconist

/ (təˈbækənɪst) /

noun

mainly British a person or shop that sells tobacco, cigarettes, pipes, etc

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