ironmonger
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Origin of ironmonger
First recorded in 1300–50; iron + monger ( def. )
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She runs Stewart's ironmonger and general store, a 5th generation family business which opened in 1886.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2023
A Devonian ironmonger, Newcomen built his device to pump water out of the south west’s prolific tin mines.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 27, 2016
Harvey was an ironmonger, or the equivalent of a hardware merchant, he said.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2015
Hudson, the son of a British ironmonger and a mixed-race Creole landlady, specialized in portraits of prosperous white and black families.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2011
Born in 1664, he was an ironmonger in Dartmouth, Devon, and an elder in the local Baptist Church.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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