victualler
US // (ˈvɪtələ, ˈvɪtlə) //
食客,储物者,沧州人,沧海桑田
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a supplier of victuals, as to an army; sutler
- : British a licensed purveyor of spirits; innkeeper
- : a supply ship, esp one carrying foodstuffs
Examples
His favourite licensed victualler unable to supply him with that extra quart he enjoys so much after he has drunk the others.
“Not for twenty times,” said that licensed victualler; and the connoisseur went without it.
If I were a licensed victualler I could wish those days back again.
Hugh Gunnison, victualler, kept a cookes shop in his dwelling there some time before 1642, as he was then allowed to sell beer.
The licensed victualler who dispenses such abominable stuff ought to be treated as one of the criminal classes.
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