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FISHWIFE (fishwives)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fishwife mean? 

FISHWIFE (noun)
  The noun FISHWIFE has 1 sense:

1. someone who sells fishplay

  Familiarity information: FISHWIFE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FISHWIFE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who sells fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fishmonger; fishwife

Hypernyms ("fishwife" is a kind of...):

bargainer; dealer; monger; trader (someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold)


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