[Tagging] shop=marine RFC
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ajt1047 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 30 22:17:25 UTC 2016
On 30/03/2016 22:35, John F. Eldredge wrote:
> In the 19th century, a chandler was someone who made and sold candles,
> and so there were many chandlers who didn't deal in nautical supplies.
> When did the meaning shift?
>
A couple of explanations, and lots of links, here:
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/28159/chandlery-from-candles-to-ships
FWIW Brewer's, which is usually good for this sort of thing, doesn't
mention it. Chambers' has something like "... and also dealer of
anything, e.g. corn-chandler".
Best Regards,
Andy
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