ˈtallow-ˌchandler
[See chandler 2.]
One whose trade is to make or sell tallow candles.
| 1406 Close Roll 7 Hen. IV b, Simon atte Holke, Talogh⁓chaundeler. 1431 Cal. Pat. Rolls 9 Hen. VI 96 Henry Pollard, citizen and talghchaundeler of London. c 1515 Cocke Lorell's B. 9 Talowe chaundelers, hostelers, and glouers. 1683 Tryon Way to Health 595 Neither does a Tallow-Chandler smell those horrible Scents and pernicious Fumes that old Tallow sends forth when it is melted. a 1763 Ld. Granville in Boswell Johnson an. 1780, A letter, expressed in terms not good enough for a tallow-chandler to have used. 1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Th. 18th C. I. iii. v. 163 He was early apprenticed to a tallow-chandler. |
Hence tallow-ˈchandlering, also tallow-ˈchandling (cf. market-gardening), the operation or business of a tallow-chandler.
| 1837–8 Thackeray Yellowplush Corr. i, Her father being a bankrup in the tallow-chandlering way. 1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Th. 18th C. I. iii. v. 163 The exception to his tallow-chandling was a short residence with Sir Joseph. |