chandlery

[ chand-luh-ree, chahnd- ]

noun

, plural chan·dler·ies.

1. a storeroom for candles.
2. the warehouse, wares, or business of a chandler.

chandlery

/ ˈtʃɑːndlərɪ /

noun

1. the business, warehouse, or merchandise of a chandler
2. a place where candles are kept

Word History and Origins

Origin of chandlery¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; chandler + -y ³

Example Sentences

A nice, steady young man in the ship-chandlery business, with a little money saved up, whose folks lived at Portsmouth.

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Not liking the tallow-chandlery business, his father apprenticed him to a printer.

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Then he moved towards the forepeak, which was hampered with coils of rope and spare chandlery in general.

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When a boy he associated himself with the development of the tallow-chandlery interest, and invented the Boston dip.

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“And leave off his evil ways, and set up in the chandlery line, arterwards,” said the housemaid.

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