fishmonger
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/ˈfɪʃˌmʌŋɡ.ə(ɹ)/
Definition of fishmonger
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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
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(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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(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.”
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(archaic, figuratively)A pimp.
“Excellent well; you are a fishmonger.”
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Etymology
From Middle English fisshemonger; equivalent to fish + monger.
Words you can make from fishmonger
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- FROGMEN 13 pts
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