tallow-chandleryn.
1. The business or trade of a tallow-chandler.
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society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [noun] > tallow
tallow-chandlery1815
tallow-chandlering1837
tallow-chandling1876
1815 Niles' Reg. VIII. 141 There are..6 tallow chandleries [in Pittsburgh].
1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1866 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 71 His own tallow-chandlery business.
2. The place of work of a tallow-chandler.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > candles
tallow-chandlery1846
the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > place where candles are made or stored
wax-chandlery1398
chandry1478
chandlery1601
tallow-chandlery1846
1846 H. Melville Typee xxv. 203 Mehevi..looking as if he had..undergone the process of dipping in a tallow-chandlery.
1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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