Definition of Fishwives

1. Noun. (plural of fishwife) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fishwives

1. fishwife [n] - See also: fishwife

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fishwives

fishskin
fishskins
fishtail
fishtail bit
fishtail palm
fishtailed
fishtailing
fishtails
fishtank
fishtanks
fishway
fishways
fishwich
fishwiches
fishwife
fishwives (current term)
fishwoman
fishwomen
fishworm
fishworms
fishy
fishy wishies
fishy wishy
fisk
fisked
fisking
fisks
fisnomie
fisnomies
fissate

Literary usage of Fishwives

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Tour in Tartan-land by Cuthbert Bede (1863)
"NEWHAVEN AND ITS fishwives. ... Scottish Margate —Bathing Scenes—Leith—The Landing of a Scottish Queen and English King — Newhaven—The fishwives — Heavy ..."

2. The Unappreciated Fisher Folk, Their Round of Life and Labour by James Glass Bertram (1883)
"Peculiarities of the Foreign Fisher-folk — Roman and Athenian fishwives—Fetes of the Foreign Fisher people—Italian Fishers— French Fisher-folk—Madame Picard ..."

3. Old Faces in New Masks by Robert Blakey, George Cruikshank (1859)
"All mad to speak and none to hearken, They set the very dogs a barking; No chattering makes so loud a din As fishwives o'er a cup of gin."—SWIFT. ..."

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