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mendery

noun

Etymology

From mend + -ery.

  1. derived from *mend-✻ — “defect; fault”
  2. derived from ēmendāre
  3. derived from amender — “to cure; to fix, repair; to set right, correct”
  4. derived from amender
  5. inherited from menden — “to cure; to do good to, benefit; to do or make better, improve; to get better, recover; to keep in a good state; to put right, amend; to reform, repent”
  6. suffixed as mendery — “mend + ery”

Definitions

  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.

  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.'

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA