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单词 ironmongery
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ironmongeryn.

Brit. /ˈʌɪənˌmʌŋɡ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈaɪ(ə)rnˌmɑŋɡ(ə)ri/, /ˈaɪ(ə)rnˌməŋɡ(ə)ri/
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ironmonger n.; iron n.1, -mongery comb. form.
Etymology: Partly (i) < ironmonger n. (see -ery suffix), and partly (ii) < iron n.1 + -mongery comb. form, after ironmonger n.
1. An ironmonger's shop or place of business.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shops selling other specific goods
jeweller's shop1632
ironmongery1648
ironmonger1673
jeweller1675
news shop1688
print shop1689
Indian house1692
coal shed1718
pamphlet shop1721
lormery1725
drugstore1771
hardware store1777
junk store1777
chandler-shop1782
junk shop1790
music store1794
pot shop1794
finding store1822
marine store1837
picture house1838
paint shop1847
news agency1852
chemist1856
Army and Navy1878
cyclery1886
jumble-shop1893
pig shop1896
Manchester department1905
lot1909
craft shop1911
garden centre1912
pet shop1927
sex shop1949
video store1949
quincaillerie1951
home centre1955
Army-Navy1965
cookshop1967
sound shop1972
bucket-shop1973
1648 Moderate Intelligencer No. 147. 1104 It comprehends also the streets called la Guidoca and Guidequella,..and crossing those of the old Ironmongerie, of the Naylers, of the Logge, and the Patines, unto the said Market stead.
1800 Nelson's Charleston Directory 61 Black John, ironmongery, 12, Broad-Street.
1832 Hazard's Reg. Pennsylvania 10 Mar. 147/2 Among the occupations and establishments in the borough, are the following—..2 Hardware and Ironmongeries.
1841 J. W. Orderson Creoleana vi. 60 Premises..occupied as an ironmongery..and a saddlery.
a1896 G. Du Maurier Martian (1897) 220 A well-to-do burgher with a prosperous ironmongery in the ‘Petit Brul’.
1932 S. Gibbons Cold Comfort Farm iii. 39 Who were you with last night? Moll at the mill or Violet at the vicarage? Or Ivy, perhaps, at the ironmongery?
1950 Times 14 June 6/5 If the State took over minor decorative and repair work it would also have to take over every little ironmongery or other shop which carried out small repairs.
2009 New Yorker (Nexis) 13 Apr. 42 Ahmadinejad's father started up an ironmongery there, making wrought-iron grilles for doors and windows.
2.
a. The goods sold by an ironmonger; hardware, ironware.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [noun] > goods sold by other specific traders
cutlery1624
saltery ware1628
millinery1676
ironmongery1711
hardware1723
cheesemongery1760
confectionery1769
hosiery1790
hattery1824
drysaltery1847
shoemercery1862
drapery1897
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > working with iron or smithing > product of
iron gear1381
ironwarea1398
ironwork1423
ferramentc1425
black work1537
smith work1583
ironworking1680
ironmongery1711
1711 London Gaz. No. 4831/4 Ironmongery, Cutlery, and other small Wares.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 452 Ironmongery..manufactured in this state.
1843 G. Dodd Days at Factories xx. 469 Adjoining the smithery is an ironmonger's shop, stored with all kinds of ironmongery for the use of the yard.
1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 326 Ironmongery, matches,..hatchets, woodware, and nails.
1905 ‘Cape Times’ Law Rep. 14 187/1 The stock consisted of general ironmongery, including tools, bedsteads, etc.
1978 K. Amis Let. 18 Mar. (2000) 847 Soon you'll be liable for up to three months' jug for persistently..selling haberdashery or ironmongery non-metrically.
2008 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 1 Aug. 20/3 (advt.) All types of Tools & Ironmongery.
b. colloquial. Items composed wholly or partly of metal. Frequently depreciative. Cf. hardware n. 2.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > [noun] > articles made of
metalware1791
iron1822
ironmongery1850
1850 Punch 28 Sept. 149/2 They have drowned none of our brave sailors in their war-kettles; but they have sunk a mint of capital. We wish they could convert their ironmongery back into gold.
1876 J. Grant One of Six Hundred xxiii. 181 The great Norman line..who had ridden in all their ironmongery in Edward's ranks at Bannockburn.
1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. II. viii. 568 I tried to make him [sc. Gissing] a cyclist... ‘Get on to your ironmongery,’ said I.
1958 Engineering 4 Apr. 425/1 No good starting with ironmongery—computers—got to start with systems analysis.
1984 New Scientist 2 Aug. 48/1 Millions starved while superpowers sent ironmongery into space.
2003 J. Burdett Bangkok 8 (2004) xx. 110 A gang of brutal-looking young men, their heads shaved like pink coconuts, ears pincushions of ironmongery.
c. slang. Firearms, artillery. Cf. hardware n. 2b.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun] > collectively
shoot1469
gunnery1497
shot1579
arms1643
ironmongery1895
1895 R. Kipling Out of India i. xvi. 163 They..put on all the arms in the family, and, hung with ironmongery, parade before their admiring friends.
1905 A. H. Lewis Sunset Trail (1906) x. 242 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.
1973 J. 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—.
2010 C. Huston Sleepless 91 Whatever easily procurable piece of mass-produced, consumer-grade ironmongery he had concealed upon his person, once inside he engaged in conversation.
d. Mountaineering and Rock Climbing slang. Metal climbing aids as pitons, bolts, and karabiners.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > artificial aid > types of
runner1688
runner ring1791
ice axec1800
alpenstock1829
rope1838
climbing-iron1857
piolet1868
snap-link1875
prickera1890
middleman('s) knot (also loop, noose, etc.)1892
chock1894
glacier-rope1897
piton1898
run-out1901
belaying-pin1903
snap-ring1903
ironmongery1904
line1907
Tricouni1914
ice claw1920
peg1920
sling1920
ice piton1926
ice hammer1932
karabiner1932
rock piton1934
thread belay1935
mugger1941
running belay1941
piton hammer1943
sky-hook1951
etrier1955
pied d'éléphant1956
rope sling1957
piton runner1959
bong1960
krab1963
rurp1963
ice screw1965
nut1965
traverse line1965
jumar1966
knife-blade1968
tie-off1968
rock peg1971
whammer1971
Whillans whammer1971
Whillans harness1974
1904 Sc. Mountaineering Club Jrnl. Sept. 154 Here, give me a haul; I can't get up with all this ironmongery.
1971 D. 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.
1990 Mountain Nov. 36/1 Abseiling back to the ledge from the offending piece of ironmongery we took stock of our position.
e. Angling slang. Items of fishing tackle composed wholly or partly of metal.
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1938 T. H. White Burke's Steerage ii. iv. 82 The compartment B contained artificial baits... It also contained the traces, in fact most of the ironmongery.
1955 Times 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.
2003 J. Bailey Fly Fishing in Ireland 60 I suggest you leave your fly rod at home—there'll be some ironmongery flying about and no mistake.
3. The craft or industry of working iron; the trade of an ironmonger.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > working with iron or smithing
smithcrafteOE
smith's crafta1387
ironwork1423
smithy crafta1522
smithery?1548
ferrary1598
smithy1804
ironmongery1810
blacksmithing1811
ironworking1828
blacksmithery1833
1810 J. Smith Syst. Mod. Geogr. I. 597 Almost the whole of the population is employed in the various branches of ironmongery, the town being nearly surrounded by forges.
1871 Athenæum 16 Sept. 374 A point in ironmongery rather than architecture.
1906 Austral. Industry b137/1 Ironmongery is one of the oldest industries since the discovery by man of the method of manufacturing metals into useful articles.
1961 Times 3 July Suppl. p. xv Greater difficulties exist for some other industries, such as ironmongery.
2002 J. Mandel in S. Delany Chaucer & Jews iv. 64 Medieval Jews were skilled in ironmongery and in gold-, silver-, black-, and coppersmithing.

Compounds

General attributive, as ironmongery business, ironmongery department, ironmongery shop, ironmongery wares, etc.
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1739 London Evening-Post 7 July 1/3 On Wednesday last was married at St. Paul's..a wealthy Dealer in the Ironmongery Way.
1769 Public Advertiser 18 May 3/4 All other things in the Ironmongery Business.
1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. v. 100 A sort of green-grocer's stall erected in front of my ironmongery wares.
1879 in Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. (1885) 14 814 Their ironmongery stock..having been seized and sold.
1921 Outlook 23 Nov. 481/2 At Harrod's, the great department store of London, you are directed to the ironmongery department for your hardware.
1994 N. Freeling Seacoast of Bohemia 23 He has stocks of old ivory and onyx..as in one-time ironmongery shops.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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