| 释义 |
ˈtallow-ˌchandlery
[f. prec.: see -ery.]
a. The business or trade of a tallow-chandler.
b. The place of work of a tallow-chandler.
1815Niles' Reg. VIII. 141 There are..6 tallow chandleries [in Pittsburgh]. 1846H. Melville Typee xxv. 203 Mehevi..looking as if he had..undergone the process of dipping in a tallow-chandlery. 1864in Webster. 1866Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 71 His own tallow-chandlery business. |