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Definition of Fishwife
1. Noun. Someone who sells fish.
Definition of Fishwife
1. n. A fishwoman.
Definition of Fishwife
1. Noun. A woman who sells or works with fish. ¹
2. Noun. (pejorative) A vulgar, abusive or nagging woman with a loud, unpleasant voice. ¹
3. Noun. (context: Geordie pejorative) Term of abuse, usually directed at women, implying lack of personal hygiene. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fishwife
1. a woman who sells fish [n -WIVES]
Medical Definition of Fishwife
1. A fishwoman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fishwife
Literary usage of Fishwife
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Drama: Comprehending the Best Plays in the English Language by Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott (1804)
"Yonder fishwife Will not away. And there's your giantess, The bawd of Lambeth.
Sub. Heart, I cannot speak with them. Dal. Not afore night, I have told them, ..."
2. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"... or of a man carrying a burden (as a fishwife her creel), of a fowl that has
swallowed a frog, or that sits sick with its head clown upon its shoulders. ..."
3. A Tour in Tartan-land by Cuthbert Bede (1863)
"... Dons—Cleanliness amid Filth—The Fishwives' Train—The Fishwives at Church—The
Fishwives on their Rounds—Cheapening a Purchase—Ballasting a fishwife—The ..."
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