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-'s

2 suffix
     
-'s2
1XX forms the possessive case of singular nouns, and of plural nouns that do not end in -s:
my sister's husband
Mary's generosity
yesterday's lesson
the children's bedroom
2 British EnglishXX the shop or home of someone:
I bought it at the baker's (=at the baker's shop).
I met him at Mary's (=at Mary's house).
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