[Kc] why "mongers?"

[Don Ellis]

This came up in St. Louis a couple of years ago (on perl discuss forum), but
no one mentioned this origin.

See also "warmonger", "peacemonger" (clearly derived from ironmonger).

I was aware of this origin, but never got around to mentioning it.

--Don Ellis

[How I wish the reply-to tag could be fixed to reply to
kcpm at mail.pm.orginstead of to the originator.]

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:22 PM, David Nicol <davidnicol at gmail.com> wrote:

> Apparently an ironmonger is, historicly, a blacksmith.
>
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ironmongers
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