ironmongery

American  

[ahy-ern-mong-guh-ree, -muhng-] / ˈaɪ ərnˌmɒŋ gə ri, -ˌmʌŋ- /

noun

British.

plural

ironmongeries

1. a hardware store or business.

2. the stock of a hardware store; hardware.

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Etymology

Origin of ironmongery

First recorded in 1705–15; ironmonger + -y ³

Example Sentences

And a moment later he is stuck motionless over the ball, as though hypnotized, unable to move the ironmongery to and fro.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 31, 2020

Uppingham School's pavilion has a deep thatched roof and an interior with finely detailed features such as delicate leaf-like plasterwork on the ceiling and ornate ironmongery on the windows.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2018

I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin‑nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade.

From The Guardian • Dec. 2, 2017

The museum displays melancholy stone carvings from the priory, and there is a gallery bristling with weaponry and ironmongery.

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2012

I’d save ’em for your mother if I could, but sound sense tells me she can make better use of a ten-dollar bill than of a half-dozen pieces of old ironmongery.

From Three Little Women A Story for Girls by Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)