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corn-chandler|ˈkɔːnˌtʃɑːndlə(r), -æ-|
A retail dealer in corn and allied products.
1687Lond. Gaz. No. 2298/1 The Persons making such Oaths shall be no Corn-Chandler, Meal-man, Factor. 1773Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 644 Retail maltsters and some corn-chandlers have querns or handmills to grind their corn. 1885M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird I. 7 A corn-chandler and respectable inhabitant of the same town.
Hence ˈcorn-ˌchandlery, goods dealt in by a corn-chandler.
1883Daily News 6 Sept. 1/5 The Board of Management are prepared to receive Tenders for the Supply of Meat..Cheese, Cornchandlery, Oilman's Goods. |