drysalter

He was a most respectable man—a drysalter from nine to four, and a Presbyterian in his leisure moments.

I have never forgotten that my grandfather, on the mother's side, was a drysalter.

The original of this character sketch was probably Thomas Hill, the drysalter, whom Lamb knew well.

Some maintained he was a drysalter in the City; others surmised that he might be a pawnbroker at the West End.