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ship chandler
noun
- a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
ship chandler
noun
- a person or business dealing in supplies for ships
Derived Forms
- ship chandlery, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ship chandlery noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ship chandler1
Example Sentences
Harbor Ship Supply is among the shrinking ranks of ship chandlers, a name that derives from the French word for candles, once a key item onboard ship.
There he would join five or six fellow Greeks some of whom lived in the area, among them Alexanderos Callinicos, a local ship chandler.
“Nothing is going to flow until this court case is resolved,†said Mark Usinger, a Portland ship chandler who for years has delivered supplies to the oil tankers.
Huston even sourced original harpoons from the long-forgotten lofts of ship chandlers who’d worked in the Yorkshire whaling port of Hull.
What ship chandler would not think of making a little extra money under the noble guise of saving lives?
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