drysaltery

noun — 2 senses

drysaltery

noun
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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