Usage examples (5)

• In England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger
• What grocer, hardwareman, druggist, or any other of the different tradesmen of the metropolis, ever wrought out of nothing the majestic structures or the enormous...
• In that year Matthew Boulton, the son of a wealthy Birmingham hardwareman, purchased Soho, and erected on it a mansion, with pleasure grounds, and a series of workshops,...
• The hardwareman shook his head and said to Qwilleran, "He's a nuisance sometimes, but he spends a lot of money on tools, so I try not to offend him.