English Language & Usage Asked on June 27, 2021
The word nuttery is defined as:
: a place where nut trees grow; also : a place for storing nuts.
So, a "store" for nuts is a nuttery.
Answered by AffableAmbler on June 27, 2021
"Roastery"
"Nuts & Coffee Roastery"
Where brewed coffee is not served, it is only for selling grounded or whole grains coffee beans and roasted or raw nuts
Answered by Choucri Hamasni 1880 on June 27, 2021
There isn't a widely recognized term like butcher or pharmacy, but nut shop would describe the store and nut seller the shopkeeper. The Oxford English Dictionary has the latter listed under "nut, n.1 and adj.2," referring to the person (the monger) selling the nuts:
nut seller n.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een note-menger, a Nut-seller.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 201/1 These almond nut-sellers are, for the most part, itinerant.
1990 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 25 June (Business section) 5 The tentmakers share a street, as do the nut sellers, the gold merchants, and those selling silk or coffee or discount underwear.
Nut shop does not have a similar entry, but the same pattern exists: the nut shop is where nuts are sold. Some results also point to its use:
Answered by TaliesinMerlin on June 27, 2021
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