chandler

Example Sentences

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Harbor Ship Supply is among the shrinking ranks of ship chandlers, a name that derives from the French word for candles, once a key item onboard ship.

From Los Angeles Times

Fire in the hole haul wind crow’s nest capstan gangway dead men tell no tales chandler.

From Seattle Times

Her website is sarahchandler.us; find her on Twitter at @chandler_sarah.

From Washington Post

There he would join five or six fellow Greeks some of whom lived in the area, among them Alexanderos Callinicos, a local ship chandler.

From BBC

“Nothing is going to flow until this court case is resolved,” said Mark Usinger, a Portland ship chandler who for years has delivered supplies to the oil tankers.

From Washington Times