ironmonger

[ ahy-ern-mong-ger, -muhng-ger ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. a dealer in hardware.

ironmonger

/ ˈaɪənˌmʌŋɡə /

noun

1. a dealer in metal utensils, hardware, locks, etc US and Canadian equivalenthardware dealer

Derived Forms

• ˈironˌmongery, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ironmonger¹

First recorded in 1300–50; iron + monger ( def )

Example Sentences

Up atop the iconic dome was a bronze figure of Freedom that had been cast by a slave ironmonger before emancipation.

From The Daily Beast

Then Mr. Sprugeon retired, and Lopez understood that he was to see nothing more of the ironmonger.

From Project Gutenberg

And finally, an ironmonger will sell you anything but a bath, while he thrives on a lively trade in percussion-caps and gunpowder.

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But I like Precossi, the son of the blacksmith-ironmonger, the one with the long jacket, who seems sickly.

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Mr. Ironmonger is said to have been the next Nonconformist minister here, after Mr. Shuttlewood.

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I was a fool not to recognise that old ironmonger's store of yours by the row it made coming up the hill.

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