victualler

n. keeper of eating-houses,tavern-keeper饮食店掌柜，酒店老板。
△2H.IV Ⅳ. 2 . 4 . 380 (346):“All vict-uallers do so. What’s a joint of mutton or two in awhole Lent?” (mutton: ❶sheep meat;
❷prostitute)各家酒店都这样。在整个四旬斋期间卖一两块羊肉有什么关系？