Chandler
['tʃɑːndlə] or ['tʃændlɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints.
(noun.) a retail dealer in provisions and supplies.
(noun.) United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959).
Checked by Cordelia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A maker or seller of candles.
(n.) A dealer in other commodities, which are indicated by a word prefixed; as, ship chandler, corn chandler.
Edited by Barrett
Examples
- His room must be like a chandler's shop. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Mr. Zachariah Chandler was the candidate of the Whigs for the office of Mayor, and was elected, although the city was then reckoned democratic. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Chandler's shop, left hand side, name of Blinder. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was him that sacked me without a character on the word of a lying corn-chandler. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- New Hampshire, and Captain Chandler, cruising off shore, talked directly with the Secretary’s office in Washington. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We were so fortunate as to find one, of a very clean and cheap description, over a chandler's shop, only two streets removed from me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She kept a chandler's shop,' pursued Bounderby, 'and kept me in an egg-box. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The keeper of a chandler's shop in a front parlour, who took in gentlemen boarders, lent his assistance in making the bed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Ah, and a wery amiable chandler you'll make,' replied Sam, eyeing Job with a side look of intense dislike. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- We soon found the chandler's shop. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As it was growing late, Peggotty and Mr. Dick took that opportunity of repairing to the chandler's shop together. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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