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Fishmonger
noun
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Noun
- 1 A person who sells fish. British
"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 someone who sells fish wordnet
- 3 A shop that sells fish; a fishmonger's shop, a fishmonger's. British, rare
"And Susan, sure of this inevitable answer, would ask Cook to pop into the fishmonger for a nice bit of salmon, […]"
- 4 A pimp. archaic, figuratively
"Excellent well; you are a fishmonger."
Etymology
From Middle English fisshemonger; equivalent to fish + monger.
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