chandler

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 ● Apr. 11, 2016

“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 ● Mar. 8, 2016

But the flow dropped to zero in January, according to state data, and a ship chandler in Portland says the pipeline had no tanker deliveries in February.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 8, 2016

My Great Uncle Emlyn, a keen Methodist, had a job in Smithfield meat market collecting unwanted offcuts to deliver to the tallow chandler.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2012

What ship chandler would not think of making a little extra money under the noble guise of saving lives?

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

The duo had originally envisaged their project as a way to revive specific arts-and-crafts traditions, sourcing lacemakers, glass blowers and chandlers from Vienna to Milan to their native Cairo.

From New York Times ● May 13, 2022

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 ● Jan. 14, 2022

“It was not only the merchants trading in enslaved human beings who profited but barrel-makers, brothel-keepers, chandlers, candle-makers, carpenters, dockworkers, inn-keepers, laundresses, sailors, sail-makers and shoemakers,” Carby writes.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 9, 2019

Theatrical chandlers, Alasdair Flint and Gerry Jeatt, showed them how to work the rigging that would make the curtain rise and fall.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2011

“If I forbid them to carve stone or lay bricks, the chandlers, the weavers, and the goldsmiths will soon be at my gates asking that they be excluded from those trades as well.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin