tallow-chandlery

When a boy he associated himself with the development of the tallow-chandlery interest, and invented the Boston dip.

Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 Various

Not liking the tallow-chandlery business, his father apprenticed him to

Harper's Young People, November 25, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Various

Sometimes he might be seen, with his whole body fairly reeking with the perfumed oil of the nut, looking as if he had just emerged from a soap-boiler's vat, or had undergone the process of dipping in a tallow-chandlery.

Typee Herman Melville 1855

Sometimes he might be seen, with his whole body fairly reeking with the perfumed oil of the nut, looking as if he had just emerged from a soap-boiler's vat, or had undergone the process of dipping in a tallow-chandlery.

Typee; a real romance of the South Seas 1846

Sometimes he might be seen, with his whole body fairly reeking with the perfumed oil of the nut, looking as if he had just emerged from a soap-boiler's vat, or had undergone the process of dipping in a tallow-chandlery.

Narrative of a four months' residence among the natives of a valley of the Marquesas Islands, or, A peep at Polynesian life 1846

1716 Becomes his father's assistant in the tallow-chandlery business.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1994 Edition) 1909

1716 Becomes his father's assistant in the tallow-chandlery business.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 1771

1716 Becomes his father's assistant in the tallow-chandlery business.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin 1748