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victualler [ˈvɪtələ ˈvɪtlə] n
1. a supplier of victuals, as to an army; sutler 2. Brit a licensed purveyor of spirits; innkeeper 3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a supply ship, esp one carrying foodstuffs ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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She considered herself to be of French descent, which might have been true; and after a good many years of married life with a licensed victualler of the more common sort, she provided for the years of widowhood by letting furnished apartments for gentlemen near Vauxhall Bridge Road in a square once of some splendour and still included in the district of Belgravia. Now, the bad child having been strictly charged by his parent to remain at home in her absence, of course went out; and, being in the very last stage of mental decrepitude, went out with two objects; firstly, to establish a claim he conceived himself to have upon any licensed victualler living, to be supplied with threepennyworth of rum for nothing; and secondly, to bestow some maudlin remorse on Mr Eugene Wrayburn, and see what profit came of it. |
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