havannamagasin

== Swedish == === Alternative forms === Havannamagasin (archaic) === Etymology === Compound of Havanna (“Havana”) +‎ magasin (“shop”). === Noun === havannamagasin n (dated) A tobacco and cigar shop. Synonym: cigarrbutik === References === T.L. (7 September 1897), “Från utställningen [From the exhibition]”, in Östersunds-Posten (in Swedish), page 3: “I Stockholm har det under senare år blifvit på modet att etablera s. k. havannamagasin eller affärer med importerade cigarrer från europeiska eller utomeuropeiska länder. Jag lemnar derhän, huru mycken verklig havannatobak som lemnas köparen i valuta för ett ganska ansenligt pris inom dessa affärer. ― In Stockholm, it has become fashionable in recent years to establish so-called Havana shops or businesses dealing in imported cigars from European or non-European countries. I leave aside the question of how much genuine Havana tobacco the buyer actually receives in exchange for a rather considerable price in these establishments.”