ship chandlery
- a word derived from ship chandler.
Example Sentences
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Just twenty-one or so, both of them, and they had the biggest ship chandlery in Salem.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
She seems to resemble a glorified Army and Navy Stores, with engineering, ship fitting, ship chandlery, outfitting, haberdashery, carpentry, chemists, dry provisions, butchers, bakers, stationery, postal, and fancy goods departments.
From Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories by Dorling, H. Taprell (Henry Taprell)
He went to school in Bridgeport part of the time, and when not learning, could be found at Mr. Lincoln’s ship chandlery, a large place, situated down near the docks.
From Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone by Stratemeyer, Edward
From this place vessels are fitted out for Polar expeditions, which creates a certain amount of local business in the ship chandlery line.
From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Ballou, Maturin Murray
Henry Austin, afterwards a partner with William Stairs in ship chandlery, Water Street, south of the fuel yard, and John Owen, shop keeper and shipping merchant.
From History of Halifax City by Akins, Thomas B.
