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chandlery
[ chand-luh-ree, chahnd- ]
noun
, plural chan·dler·ies.
- a storeroom for candles.
- the warehouse, wares, or business of a chandler.
chandlery
/ ˈtʃɑːndlərɪ /
noun
- the business, warehouse, or merchandise of a chandler
- a place where candles are kept
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chandlery1
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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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