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ship chandler

noun

  1. a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.


ship chandler

noun

  1. a person or business dealing in supplies for ships
“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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Derived Forms

  • ship chandlery, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ship chandlery noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ship chandler1

First recorded in 1635–45
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Example Sentences

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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.

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There he would join five or six fellow Greeks some of whom lived in the area, among them Alexanderos Callinicos, a local ship chandler.

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“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.

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Huston even sourced original harpoons from the long-forgotten lofts of ship chandlers who’d worked in the Yorkshire whaling port of Hull.

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What ship chandler would not think of making a little extra money under the noble guise of saving lives?

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