drysalter

[ drahy-sawl-ter ]

noun

, British.

1. a dealer in dry chemicals and dyes.

drysalter

/ ˈdraɪˌsɔːltə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of drysalter¹

First recorded in 1700–10; dry + salter

Example Sentences

Robert, 50, was a drysalter, oil and colour merchant.

From BBC

Also in the running were Lucy Hughes-Hallett for The Pike, an account of the life of Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, and poet Michael Symmons Roberts for his sixth collection Drysalter.

From BBC

Filer beat novelist and bookmakers' favorite Kate Atkinson, for "Life After Life", biographer Lucy Hughes-Hallett for "The Pike", poet Michael Symmons Roberts for "Drysalter" and author and political cartoonist, Chris Riddell, for "Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse", to win the honor and prize money of 30,000 pounds at the awards ceremony in London.

From Reuters

Drysalter was also shortlisted for the TS Eliot prize, alongside collections by such poets as Helen Mort, Daljit Nagra and Robin Robertson.

From BBC

Parallax was also shortlisted for the 2013 Forward Prize for Best Collection but lost out to Michael Symmons Roberts's Drysalter.

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