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Meanings of chandler in English

Portuguese
raymond chandler
Catalan
raymond chandler
Spanish
raymond chandler

United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959)

raymond chandler
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Examples for "Raymond Chandler"
Examples for "Raymond Chandler"
1
The full-length Bond novels, like Raymond Chandler's books, always had delicious titles.
The Irish Times
2
It's an old-fashioned Raymond Chandler crime caper repainted with 70s sleaze.
The Guardian
3
THE title is from a line by Raymond Chandler, not his most pre-possessing.
The Irish Times
4
As he has translated Raymond Chandler, I ask him about modern crime writers too.
The Guardian
5
Handler: Well, Raymond Chandler is definitely the king, for me.
Wired
Usage of chandler in English
1
The chandler had given them a flint striker to light the torches.
Servant of a dark god
2
Personally, I snuggled up against the chandler and let my attention wander.
Right Ho, Jeeves
3
Someone came out of the chandler's shop and stood in the archway.
Anno Dracula
4
In the wax-chandler's attic, another Keeper is putting on Mr. Palmer's braces.
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices
5
But to be a chandler is something worthy of any man's ambition.
The Unclassed
6
And it was the presence of that pertinacious ship-chandler which had started them.
'Twixt Land & Sea: Tales
7
Benjamin Franklin was the fifteenth child of a poor tallow chandler.
A Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Dau...
8
But it is folly to linger over the limitations of the tallow-chandler's son.
The American Spirit in Literature: A Chronicle of Great Interpre...
9
Soon you will arrive back at the yacht club and chandler's.
The Guardian
10
It was a slicing knife and came from a chandler's shop.
The Complete Jack the Ripper
11
When he finished, they climbed in the wagon and bid the chandler farewell.
Servant of a dark god
12
Trenchard's landlord-distinguishedhis premises and the chandler's trade he drove there.
Mistress Wilding
13
We are staying at the house of Master Swindon, a citizen and ship chandler.
By England's Aid; or, the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604)
14
The number of articles published about Chandler is probably increasing every minute.
The Guardian
15
Chandler said he understood, and she saw him Sunday night for dinner.
Dating game
16
He was pretty sure Chandler was going to come looking for him.
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