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ironmonger|ˈaɪənmʌŋgə(r)|
Forms: 4 is-, ysmonger, irmongere, 5 yremongere, erne-, hermonger, ironmounger, 5–6 yren-, irenmonger, -yr, 5–7 irne-, 6 yer-, iernmonger, 6–7 iremonger, -munger, 6– ironmonger
[f. iron n.1 + monger.]
A dealer in ironware; a hardware merchant.
1343Merton Coll. Rec. No. 2115 (MS.) Roger le Irmongere. 1347Ibid. No. 2096 Roger le Ysmonger. 1393Close Roll 16 Rich. II dorso (P.R.O.), Johannes Warner, ismonger. 1406Ibid., 8 Hen. IV dorso, Petrus Feryby, ernemonger. 1409Ibid. 11 Hen. IV dorso, Willielmus Baker, hermonger. 1415Nottingham Rec. II. 100 Nicholaum Alastre, de Notyngham, irenmonger. 1415York Myst. Introd. 22 Irenmangers. 1486Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 10 Payd vnto William Remyngton of London Ironmounger for diuers cabilles. Ibid. 12 Payd..to John Halyngbury of London Irnemonger for vj cables. c1515Cocke Lorell's B. 9 Yermongers, py⁓bakers, and waferers. 1562Act 5 Eliz. c. 4 §20 The Misteries or Craftes of a..Draper Goldesmithe Ironmonger. 1591in Child Marriages 151 Thomas Thornton..Iremonger and Marchaunte. 1613Beaum. & Fl. Cupids Rev. iv. iii, Come, let's call up the new Iremonger, he's as tough as Steel. 1620in Swayne Sarum Church-w. Acc. (1896) 170 Rec...of the Ire mvngers..18d. 1646Ord. Lords & Com. Presb. Govt. 11 John Arrowsmith of Martins Iremonger⁓lane. 1720Strype Stow's Surv. (1754) II. v. x. 280/1 The Ironmongers were incorporated in the third Year of King Edward the Fourth, Anno Dom. 1462. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. II. xli. 521 The English ironmongers asked for a total prohibition of forges.
Hence ˈironmongering ppl. a., dealing in iron. (In quot. = having ironworks.)
1863Hawthorne Our Old Home (1883) I. 169 These hillocks of waste and effete mineral always disfigure the neighborhood of iron-mongering towns. |