fishmonger

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19
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21
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈfɪʃˌmʌŋɡ.ə(ɹ)/

Definition of fishmonger

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (British)A person who sells fish.
    “If he made transcendental distinctions, he fortified himself by drawing all his illustrations from sources disdained by orators and polite conversers; from mares and puppies; from pitchers and soup-ladles; from cooks and criers; the shops of potters, horse-doctors, butchers, and fishmongers.”
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noun

  1. (British)A person who sells fish.
    “If he made transcendental distinctions, he fortified himself by drawing all his illustrations from sources disdained by orators and polite conversers; from mares and puppies; from pitchers and soup-ladles; from cooks and criers; the shops of potters, horse-doctors, butchers, and fishmongers.”
  2. (British, rare)A shop that sells fish; a fishmonger's shop, a fishmonger's.
    “And Susan, sure of this inevitable answer, would ask Cook to pop into the fishmonger for a nice bit of salmon, […]”
    “A nice woman at the fishmonger in Earl’s Court Road—she had to walk miles to find a fish shop—told her how to cook the fillets of plaice she bought.”
    “Cornish peppered mackerel, smoked haddock, Scottish herring and pearl-white skate wings are all laid on a bed of crushed ice at the fishmonger.”
  3. (archaic, figuratively)A pimp.
    “Excellent well; you are a fishmonger.”

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Etymology

From Middle English fisshemonger; equivalent to fish + monger.

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