ironmonger

[ ahy-ern-muhng-ger, -mong-ger ]

/ ˈaɪ ərnˌmʌŋ gər, -ˌmɒŋ gər /

a dealer in hardware.

Origin of ironmonger

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at iron, monger

The visitor who seeks out the old school in Boscawen Street now finds it converted into the ware-room of an ironmonger.

Henry Martyn Saint and Scholar |George Smith
I fancy that the ironmonger was the only gainer by my smartness.

An Autobiography |Anthony Trollope
This was the most confounded thing ever designed; a kind of ironmonger's shop on wheels.

The Lightning Conductor |C. N. Williamson
Mr. Ironmonger is said to have been the next Nonconformist minister here, after Mr. Shuttlewood.

Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire |Thomas Coleman

Whereabouts in the neighborhood is there an ironmonger's shop?

Les Misrables |Victor Hugo

ironmonger

/ (ˈaɪənˌmʌŋɡə) /

British a dealer in metal utensils, hardware, locks, etc US and Canadian equivalent: hardware dealer

ironmongery, noun