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IRONMONGER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A store selling hardware
Example:
in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop
Synonyms:
hardware store; ironmonger; ironmonger's shop
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ironmonger" is a kind of...):
shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who sells hardware
Example:
in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger
Synonyms:
hardwareman; ironmonger
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ironmonger" is a kind of...):
bargainer; dealer; monger; trader (someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold)
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