单词 | ironmongery |
释义 | ironmongeryn. 1. An ironmonger's shop or place of business. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.1648 |
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