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drysalter

[ drahy-sawl-ter ]

noun

, British.
  1. a dealer in dry chemicals and dyes.


drysalter

/ ˈdraɪˌsɔːltə /

noun

  1. obsolete.
    a dealer in certain chemical products, such as dyestuffs and gums, and in dried, tinned, or salted foods and edible oils
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of drysalter1

First recorded in 1700–10; dry + salter
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Example Sentences

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

I may say that I had not during my absence from the town encountered my friend, the drysalter.

Colonel Goffe had been apprentice to a drysalter; Major-general Whalley had been apprentice to a draper.

The old drysalter had no end of nephews and nieces, and might have provided for them all.

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

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