mendery

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noun

The department of a library where damaged books are repaired.

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Meanings

nounmendery (plural menderies)

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

Origin

From mend + -ery.

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APA

mendery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mendery

MLA

“mendery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mendery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mendery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mendery.

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