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mendery en · NOUN

Etymology

From mend + -ery.

Meanings

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:

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