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ironmongeri‧ron‧mon‧ger /ˈaɪənˌmʌŋɡə $ ˈaɪərnˌmʌŋɡər, -ˌmɑːŋ-/ noun [countable] British English old-fashioned - He'd come into Diss to pay a bill at Aldrich's the ironmongers.
- I have tried many ironmongers without success.
- Some of these demonstrators, by their own later accounts, armed themselves with razor-blades or with knuckle dusters bought from ironmongers.
- The ironmonger explained how the mouse-trap should be set.
- The ironmongers also built up their businesses by using the human and material resources of their families.
- The same challenge for the philosopher as for the politician, the ironmonger, and the songwriter: Sell or die.
1someone who works in or owns a shop that sells tools and equipment for your home and garden2 ironmonger’s a shop that sells this equipment—ironmongery noun [uncountable] |