[
UK
/ˈaɪənmʌŋɡɐ/
]
NOUN
-
a store selling hardware
in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop -
someone who sells hardware
in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger
How To Use ironmonger In A Sentence
- I would have bought a new one, but when Daisy and I looked in the ironmonger's shop this afternoon, the big ones were about fifteen shillings. The Mystery of Holly Lane
- Fatty stopped at an ironmonger's in the main street, and bought a magnificent leather. The Mystery of Holly Lane
- Conventional weed killers will not kill mosses, but there are several proprietary paving cleaners now available in garden centres and ironmongers that will do the job.
- By 1429 he had accumulated almost £130 in debts owed to fellow townsmen, other Essex men, and several Londoners; among the creditors were two fishmongers, two drapers and two ironmongers.
- The Turners had long been associated with the ironmongery trade in Dublin.
- Sitting on an upended barrel in front of a still-closed ironmonger's shop, Nynaeve warmed her hands under her arms and surveyed her army. The Great Hunt
- Wooden knobs for the drawers can be bought very cheaply of any turner, or suitable brass knobs at any ironmonger's. Things To Make
- In its time W. Giles supplied customers with a wide range of goods, including domestic heating and lamp oil, ironmongery, china, glass, bedding and boots.
- Excavations at a building site in Walmgate have uncovered walls of the Walker Iron Foundry, a 19th ironmongers based in what is now Dixon's Yard.
- Painted to match the walls, the doors are detailed without architraves to be flush with the face of the wall and have minimal visible ironmongery.