ship-chandlern.
A dealer who supplies ships with necessary stores.
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1642 Two Orders Lds. & Comm. 3 Dec. 4 Any Merchants, Ship-chandlers, Grocers.
1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 121 The Ship-Carpenters, Ship-Chandlers, and others that have worked at the Ships, or have delivered any Necessaries, Materials or Rigging, for the Use of them.
1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 336 Two charts..can..be purchased at any Ship~chandler's.
Derivatives
ˈship-ˌchandlery n. the business of, or goods dealt in by a ship-chandler; also attributive.
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1663 S. Pepys Diary 12 Dec. (1971) IV. 415 One Abrahall, who strikes in for the serving of the King with Ship-chandlery ware.
1798 31st Rep. Sel. Comm. Finance App. (1803) XIII. 493/1 Junk, old Rope, old Iron, Canvas, and other species of old Ship Chandlery Wares.
1849 J. H. Freese Commerc. Class-bk. 14 Trade in Naval Stores and Ship Chandlery.
1900 Engin. Mag. 19 666 A..ship-chandlery store.
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