ironmonger:
(also ‘hardware dealer‘, especially in US and Canada; and ‘hardwareman‘ in England; plural: ‘ironmongers‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘i’ rhymes with the word “eye”; for the right pronunciation, please click here)
an ironmongery (shop)
a shopkeeper who sells hardware, the things made of iron,
a simple ironmonger’s stall at a market place
After high school, Luther joined his family business of ironmongery and became the only educated ironmonger in the town.
Ironmongers & ironmongeries, bakers & bakeries, barbers & barber’s/salons and clothiers & draperies used to be the standard shops that decorate the town’s main street and serve the town’s people, but these days as everything is sold at one place, a supermarket, these shops and these shops and the shop owners, especially the ironmongers & ironmongeries, have become a rare sight.
Like in the wine business, most of the ironmongers in the UK today are the fourth or fifth generation businessmen who have been trying to keep their family businesses running, even at losses in some cases, in honour of their ancestors.
a modern ironmonger (a hardware store)
