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ironmongery|ˈaɪənˌmʌŋgərɪ|
[f. prec.: see -ery.]
1. a. The goods dealt in by an ironmonger; hardware; a general name for all articles made of iron.
1711Lond. Gaz. No. 4831/4 Ironmongery, Cutlery, and other small Wares. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 452 Ironmongery.. manufactured in this state. 1851Art Jrnl. Gt. Exhib. Catal. 39/3 Manufacturers of what is termed ‘saddlers' ironmongery’, such as steel-bits, stirrups, whips and whip-mounts. 1876J. Grant One of the ‘600’ xxiii. 181 The great Norman line..who had ridden in all their ironmongery in Edward's ranks at Bannockburn.
b. An ironmonger's shop or place of business.
1841J. W. Orderson Creol. vi. 60 Premises..occupied as an ironmongery..and a saddlery. 1896Du Maurier Martian (1898) 227 A well-to-do burgher with a prosperous ironmongery in the ‘Petit Brul’.
c. slang. Firearms.
1902Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 11 They'd all stand to their horses and pile on the ironmongery, and washers, and typewriters, and..they'd sail out..lying down and firing. 1905A. H. Lewis Sunset Trail (1914) x. 160 All men have their delicate side, and it was Mr. Allison's to regard the open wearing of one's iron-mongery as bad form. 1942E. Waugh Put out More Flags 275 Their '098 stores arrived; a vast profusion of ironmongery which..included Alastair's mortar. 1960‘W. Haggard’ Closed Circuit xv. 177 He wasn't armed. He had never carried ironmongery. 1973J. Wainwright Devil you Don't 112 Shove it. You are only here for the ride. If you hadn't been so damned handy with the ironmongery—.
d. Also in other applications (see quots.).
1892Century Mag. Dec. 218/2 The broad veranda..had the customary array of..hanging lamps set with bosses of colored glass, and much ironmongery in spirals and curlicues. 1934H. G. Wells Exper. Autobiogr. II. viii. 568, I tried to make him [sc. Gissing] a cyclist... ‘Get on to your ironmongery,’ said I. 1955Times 4 Aug. 8/7 A pike which was already the subject of legend..had broken anglers' tackle seven times..appeared to thrive on a diet of triangles, and snap-tackles, plug-baits, five-inch spoons, and other ironmongery. 1958Engineering 4 Apr. 425/1 No good starting with ironmongery—computers—got to start with systems analysis. 1967Guardian 5 May 6/7 With the ‘attached ironmongery’, there is a disturbing lack of coordination... The lighting standards are not inelegant, but there are too many of them... Guard-rails, crash barriers, gantries, and direction signs..have the appearance of rushed afterthoughts. 1971D. Haston in C. Bonington Annapurna South Face xvii. 212, I started off on the chimney. At this time we were badly short of rope and ironmongery. I had about three hundred feet of rope, four pegs and about six karabiners.
2. The craft or business of the ironmonger; smith's work.
1871Athenæum 16 Sept. 374 A point in ironmongery rather than architecture.
3. attrib.
1769Public Advertiser 18 May 3/4 All other things in the Ironmongery Business. 1879Law Rep. 14 Queen's Bench Div. 814 Their ironmongery stock..having been seized and sold. |