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menderies

menderies is the plural of mendery.

Meaning of mendery

Noun

mendery (plural menderies)

  1. The department of a library where damaged books are repaired.
    • Most research libraries have had or continue to have a "mendery" where repair work takes place.1992, Who, What and Where in Book Repair: Institutional Profiles of the LCCDG, 1992, http://cool.conservation-us.org, February 2, 2009
  2. An establishment in which clothes are repaired.
    • Sara Hyland and May Courtney have decided to try and carry on as a 'Mendery and Dressmaking Establishment.'1995, William Michael Murphy, Family Secrets: William Butler Yeats and His Relatives

Questions about menderies

What is menderies the plural of?
Menderies is the plural of mendery.

Words near menderies in the dictionary

  1. Mendelssohnic
  2. Mendelssohns
  3. Mendenhall
  4. mender
  5. Menderes vimba
  6. menderies
  7. menders
  8. Menderson
  9. mendery
  10. Mendes
  11. Mendes da Costa syndrome

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