flour-monger

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flour-monger

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From flour + monger. Compare the Middle English surname Flurmongester.

noun flour-mongers · flourmonger

A seller of flour. […]I heard a ruffian behind saying, “E un farinajuolo” (“He is a meal-monger,” or rather “flour-monger”).

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noun someone who sells flour

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@misc{flour_monger_2026,
  title = {flour-monger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flour-monger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}