Fishwife

Synonyms for "fishwife" (63 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(2 words)
fishfagbrim

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Related words (31)

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4 entries

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related to

9 entries

Translations

19 translations across 13 languages.

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Aromanian

1 entries
  • piscãroanji noun (a woman who sells or works with fish)

Danish

1 entries
  • fiskerkone noun (a woman who sells or works with fish)

Dutch

2 entries
  • visvrouw noun (a woman who sells or works with fish)
  • viswijf noun (a vulgar, abusive or nagging woman with a loud, unpleasant voice)

French

3 entries
  • poissarde noun (a woman who sells or works with fish)
  • poissarde (cf. langage de poissarde) noun (a vulgar, abusive or nagging woman with a loud, unpleasant voice)
  • poissonnière noun (a woman who sells or works with fish)

German

2 entries
  • Fischhändlerin noun (a woman who sells or works with fish)
  • Fischverkäuferin noun (a woman who sells or works with fish)

Manx

1 entries
  • caillagh eeast noun (a woman who sells or works with fish)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • fiskerkone noun (a woman who sells or works with fish)

Polish

2 entries
  • handlarka rybami noun (a woman who sells or works with fish)
  • przekupka noun (a vulgar, abusive or nagging woman with a loud, unpleasant voice)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • peixeira noun (a woman who sells or works with fish)

Romanian

1 entries
  • pescăreasă noun (a woman who sells or works with fish)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • ban-iasgair noun (a woman who sells or works with fish)
  • cailleach-èisg noun (a woman who sells or works with fish)

Spanish

1 entries
  • pescadera noun (a woman who sells or works with fish)

Volapük

1 entries
  • fitajitedan noun (a woman who sells or works with fish)

Sample sentences

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[S]he was angry with herself; and, for that, sang the more loudly the most wicked and risqué of her slang songs, that gave the morals of a Messalina in the language of a fish-wife, and yet had an inalienable, mischievous, contagious, dauntless French grace in it withal.

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