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Definition of Fishmonger
1. Noun. Someone who sells fish.
Definition of Fishmonger
1. n. A dealer in fish.
Definition of Fishmonger
1. Noun. (British) A person who sells fish. ¹
2. Noun. (British rare) A fishmonger's, a fishmonger's shop: a shop that sells fish. ¹
3. Noun. (archaic) A pimp. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fishmonger
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Medical Definition of Fishmonger
1. A dealer in fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fishmonger
Literary usage of Fishmonger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen and Merchant-taylor of London, from A.D by Henry Machin, John Gough Nichols (1848)
"John Cowper, fishmonger, sheriff 1552, buried at St. Magnus. ... "John Cooper,
fishmonger, alderman, who was put by his turne of ..."
2. A Svrvay of London: Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne by John Stow (1890)
"On the west side whereof is the parish church of St. Nicholas Olive, a convenient
church, having the monuments of W. Newport, fishmonger, one of the ..."
3. London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1805)
"Sir Stephen Foster, fishmonger*, enlarged Ludgate 'for the ease of the prisoners.
... Sir William Hampton, fishmonger, caused stocks to be set up in every ..."
4. Frederick Walker and His Works by Claude Phillips (1897)
"The fishmonger. the blue-aproned, rosy-cheeked fishmonger who bends forward
across- the marble slab as he offers his fish to a gaily dressed damsel in the ..."
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