ironmonger

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I fancy that the ironmonger was the only gainer by my smartness When I got back to the house a scene of devastation was in progress, which still was not without its amusement.

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  1. noun Chiefly British A hardware merchant.

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  • The traditional BrE equivalent would be ironmonger('s shop), though these days one might also hear hardware shop.
  • This house belonged, at that time, to an ironmonger (or brazier), and was comfortable and clean,— and a little noisy Charles Lamb was about forty years of age when I first saw him; and I knew him intimately for the greater part of twenty years. —  Charles Lamb
  • When I was sure I had passed beyond sight of the ironmonger, I took to my heels. —  AHMM,December2006
  • Talk for instance to a Christian ironmonger, butcher, secretary, verger or grocer, and one detects grave concerns simmering under the veneer of pan-Palestinian solidarity. —  Latest News from Ekklesia
  • Rhine wine (white) holiday vacation ironmonger, ironmongery hardware dealer, hardware truck main subject [in education] major maize corn [one type] marrow squash maths math motorway —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
 

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  1. from Middle English irenmongere, iren-manger; from iron + monger.
 

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/ˈaɪərnməŋgər/
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