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FISHWIFE (fishwives)
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Irregular inflected form: fishwives
Dictionary entry overview: What does fishwife mean?
• FISHWIFE (noun)
The noun FISHWIFE has 1 sense:
1. someone who sells fish
Familiarity information: FISHWIFE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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