fishwife
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fishwife
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From Middle English fysshewyfe; equivalent to fish + wife (“(obsolete) woman”) (see also midwife).
noun fishwives
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A woman who sells or works with fish; a female fishmonger.
[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.
Similar: fishmongeress, fishwoman, piscatrix
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A vulgar, abusive or nagging woman with a loud, unpleasant voice.
Similar: shrew
- A person, especially a woman, with poor personal hygiene.
- The wife of a homosexual man.
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noun a woman who sells or works with fish
| Español | pescadera |
|---|---|
| Português | peixeira |
| Français | poissarde, poissonnière |
| Deutsch | Fischhändlerin, Fischverkäuferin |
| Română | pescăreasă |
noun a vulgar, abusive or nagging woman with a loud, unpleasant voice
| Français | poissarde (cf. langage de poissarde) |
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