ˈhardwareman
Also 6 harder man.
[f. prec.]
A manufacturer of or dealer in hardware.
| c 1515 Cocke Lorell's B. (Percy Soc.) 10 Harde waremen, mole sekers, and ratte takers. 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 65 Then the French harder men opened their wares, and made the Taylers hal lyke to the paunde of a marte. 1577 Harrison England iii. ix. (1877) ii. 64 Grindstones for hardware men. 1858 Greene Gunnery 181 The persuasive eloquence of the itinerant hardwareman. |