Flour-monger

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A seller of flour.

    "[…]I heard a ruffian behind saying, “E un farinajuolo” (“He is a meal-monger,” or rather “flour-monger”)."

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"[…]I heard a ruffian behind saying, “E un farinajuolo” (“He is a meal-monger,” or rather “flour-monger”)."

Etymology

From flour + monger. Compare the Middle English surname Flurmongester.

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