drysaltery

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noun

The goods traded by a drysalter.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

noundrysaltery (plural drysalteries)

plural drysalteries

  1. The goods traded by a drysalter.
  2. The business of a drysalter.

    Oh rats, rejoice! / The world is grown to one vast drysaltery!

    1842, Robert Browning, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin; A Child's Story”, in Bells and Pomegranates
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APA

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Chicago

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