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单词 -mongery
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-mongerycomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. ironmongery n.
Forms: 1500s -mungrie, 1700s– -mongery, 1800s -mongry.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monger n.1, -y suffix3.
Etymology: < monger n.1 + -y suffix3.Attested earliest in newsmongery n. at newsmonger n. Derivatives (late 16th cent.). Most compounds date from the 19th cent. and are of rare occurrence, the major exception being ironmongery n., first attested in the early 18th cent.
Usually derogatory (chiefly in extended use).
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As the final element in compounds (usually after an earlier compound in monger n.1 2): trade or traffic in the commodity, etc., specified.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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