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

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

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

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

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

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

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