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  • noun Plural form of chandlery.

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Examples

  • Lymington is well-stocked with wealthy retirees drawn to the town for its chandleries, excellent harbour and other like-minded souls in deck shoes and blazers.

    Is Lymington the snootiest town in Britain? 2010

  • The motley collection of stables, houses, chandleries, and shanties near the waterfront had been drafted into service as warehouses.

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • The motley collection of stables, houses, chandleries, and shanties near the waterfront had been drafted into service as warehouses.

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • From Sanlucar to Seville, the banks of that busy waterway were lined with shipyards, chandleries, warehouses, taverns, brothels, and all the industries of maritime trade.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • From Sanlucar to Seville, the banks of that busy waterway were lined with shipyards, chandleries, warehouses, taverns, brothels, and all the industries of maritime trade.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • "They've got a couple of chandleries where we can get more supplies, and the inns aren't full."

    Soarer's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • Almost no one comes to the chandleries or the shops here - not during the day.

    Colors of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1999

  • The storms of nature and the jealousies in human breasts thwarted La Salle's immediate ambitions, but what has come into that northern valley has followed closely in the path of his purposes, the path traced by his ship built of the trees of Niagara and furnished by the chandleries of Paris.

    The French in the Heart of America John Finley 1901

  • I have visited 5 chandleries in Plymouth this morning trying to buy fender socks to fit 200mm x 800mm fenders, guess what?

    YBW News 2009

  • Just about all UK chandleries sell Sterling and much of the product is badged, from the Far East, I believe.

    YBW News 2009

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