Purveyors
[pə'veiəz]
Examples
- For some months past, Miss Pross and Mr. Cruncher had discharged the office of purveyors; the former carrying the money; the latter, the basket. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Rawdon and his wife generously gave their patronage to all such of Miss Crawley's tradesmen and purveyors as chose to serve them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- True, but as ANY good Portland cement can be used, and no restrictions as to source of supply are enforced, he, or rather his company, will be merely one of many possible purveyors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She was not, however, without purveyors of information ready to supplement her deficiencies. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Edited by Jason