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tobacconist

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Etymology

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    From tobacco + -n- + -ist.

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    Noun

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    tobacconist (plural tobacconists)

    1. A person who sells tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, snuff and sundry items.
    2. A tobacconist's shop.
      • 2000, Raymond Rhinehart, Princeton University: The Campus Guide, page 131:
        This historic and fragrant tobacconist of old still today is decorated with team pictures and other Harvardiana []
    3. (dated) A person who is addicted to smoking tobacco.

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