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marine store en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Australia, UK, historical) A store where old canvas, ropes, etc., are bought and sold; a junk shop.
The delivery of Mrs Dibble's goods to the purchaser was done, as a standing grievance, by a marine-store dealer who kept a horse and cart in the lane at the rear of Mrs Dibble's premises, and Rita called on him that evening to arrange for his services.
1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 48:
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ship chandler · chandlery · naval stores · marina