Lexic.us

Definition of Ironmonger

1. Noun. Someone who sells hardware. "In England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger"

2. Noun. A store selling hardware. "In Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop"

Definition of Ironmonger

1. n. A dealer in iron or hardware.

Definition of Ironmonger

1. Noun. (chiefly British) a retailer in iron goods and hardware ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ironmonger

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ironmonger

ironize ironized ironizes ironizing ironlike ironmaker ironmakers ironmaking ironman ironmans

ironmaster ironmasters ironmen ironmine ironmines ironmonger (current term) ironmongeress ironmongeries ironmongering ironmongers

ironmongery ironness ironnesses irons irons in the fire ironshod ironshot ironside ironsmith ironsmithing

Literary usage of Ironmonger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"ironmonger and Others. 3 East, 533. May 10, 1803. ... Hallen, and two daughters, namely, the defendant Sarah Ann the wife of the defendant J. ironmonger, ..."

2. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (1896)
"An ironmonger in London, however, assuming a good deal of my pamphlet, and working it up into his own, and making some small changes in the machine, ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1783)
"... of Warwick, J ironmonger. Sam. ... John La;ty, of the city of Batb, ironmonger, ohn Godfrey, ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"Returning to Sydney, Parkes found various humble employments : he worked in an ironmonger's store, and then in an iron foundry, and was for a while a ..."

5. The Poetical Works of Jonathan Swift by Jonathan Swift (1834)
"ON WOOD THE ironmonger. 1725. SALMONEUS, as the Grecian tale is, Was a mad coppersmith of Elis : Up at his forge by morning- peep, No creature in the lane ..."

6. Note-book Kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq., Lawyer, in Boston, Massachusetts by Thomas Lechford, James Hammond Trumbull (1885)
"William Richardson of Hadley in Suffolk gent Executor, Josuah Foot of London ironmonger <fe Thomas Hughson citizen merchant of London Attorneys. ..."

7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"ironmonger and Others. 3 East, 533. May 10, 1803. ... Hallen, and two daughters, namely, the defendant Sarah Ann the wife of the defendant J. ironmonger, ..."

8. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (1896)
"An ironmonger in London, however, assuming a good deal of my pamphlet, and working it up into his own, and making some small changes in the machine, ..."

9. The Gentleman's Magazine (1783)
"... of Warwick, J ironmonger. Sam. ... John La;ty, of the city of Batb, ironmonger, ohn Godfrey, ..."

10. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"Returning to Sydney, Parkes found various humble employments : he worked in an ironmonger's store, and then in an iron foundry, and was for a while a ..."

11. The Poetical Works of Jonathan Swift by Jonathan Swift (1834)
"ON WOOD THE ironmonger. 1725. SALMONEUS, as the Grecian tale is, Was a mad coppersmith of Elis : Up at his forge by morning- peep, No creature in the lane ..."

12. Note-book Kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq., Lawyer, in Boston, Massachusetts by Thomas Lechford, James Hammond Trumbull (1885)
"William Richardson of Hadley in Suffolk gent Executor, Josuah Foot of London ironmonger <fe Thomas Hughson citizen merchant of London Attorneys. ..."

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