Meanings
nounwondermonger (plural wondermongers)
plural wondermongers · alternative wonder-monger
- One who deals in wondrous things.
[…] mechanical puzzles, juggling tricks, sensational dramas, and popular music — in a word, whatever a wondermonger can collect to allure the curious and idle many to amusement at small individual cost to them but lucrative to the showman.
1868, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Building Fund of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia to the contributors to the fund, page 115
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wondermonger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wondermonger
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“wondermonger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wondermonger. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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