drysaltery

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English

Noun

drysaltery (plural drysalteries)

  1. The goods traded by a drysalter.
  2. The business of a drysalter.
    • 1842, Robert Browning, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin; A Child's Story”, in Bells and Pomegranates:
      Oh rats, rejoice! / The world is grown to one vast drysaltery!

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