drysalter

[ drahy-sawl-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, British.

drysalter

/ ˈdraɪˌsɔːltə /

obsolete.
a dealer in certain chemical products, such as dyestuffs and gums, and in dried, tinned, or salted foods and edible oils

First recorded in 1700–10; dry + salter

He was a most respectable man—a drysalter from nine to four, and a Presbyterian in his leisure moments.

I may say that I had not during my absence from the town encountered my friend, the drysalter.

Colonel Goffe had been apprentice to a drysalter; Major-general Whalley had been apprentice to a draper.

The old drysalter had no end of nephews and nieces, and might have provided for them all.

The original of this character sketch was probably Thomas Hill, the drysalter, whom Lamb knew well.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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