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drysaltery

drysaltery noun: the goods traded by a drysalter.

Noun

drysaltery (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

Forms of drysaltery

pluraldrysalteries

Questions about drysaltery

What does drysaltery mean?
Drysaltery means the goods traded by a drysalter.
What part of speech is drysaltery?
Drysaltery is a noun.
What is the plural of drysaltery?
The plural of drysaltery is drysalteries.

Words near drysaltery in the dictionary

  1. dryrot
  2. drys
  3. drysalter
  4. drysalteries
  5. drysalters
  6. drysaltery
  7. dryscape
  8. dryscapes
  9. Drysdale
  10. Drysdales
  11. drysdallite

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