Ironmonger

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ironmonger \I"ron*mon`ger\, n.
     A dealer in iron or hardware.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  ironmonger
       n : someone who sells hardware; "in England they call a
           hardwareman an ironmonger" [syn: {hardwareman}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "ironmonger":
     baker, bookdealer, bookseller, butcher, chandler,
     clothing merchant, confectioner, draper, drysalter, fishmonger,
     fishwife, florist, footwear merchant, fruiterer, furnisher,
     furrier, greengrocer, grocer, groceryman, haberdasher, hardwareman,
     jeweler, liquor merchant, newsdealer, perfumer, poulterer, saddler,
     stationer, tobacconist, vintner, wine merchant
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  ironmonger n. [IBM] A hardware specialist (derogatory). Compare
     {sandbender}, {polygon pusher}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  ironmonger
       
          [IBM]  A hardware specialist (derogatory).  Compare
          {sandbender}, {polygon pusher}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]