1. = STOREKEEPER 1.
1869. Daily News, 8 Sept., 5/6. William M‘Cubery, storeholder … charged with conspiracy to defraud [the Woolwich Arsenal].
b. The possessor of a store of something. ? nonce-use.
1907. Saintsbury, in Q. Rev., Jan., 144. That marvellous storeholder of Balzacian treasures, the Vicomte de Spoelberch de Lovenjoul.
2. A receptacle for a store of a commodity.
1886. Pall Mall Gaz., 9 Dec., 4/1. Upon compression, the gas is turned into wrought iron storeholders.
