fishmonger
noun
- preparer and seller of fish
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃˌmʌŋɡ.ə(ɹ)/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English fisshemonger; equivalent to fish + monger.
- A person who sells fish.
“If he made transcendental distinctions, he fortified himself by drawing all his illustrations from sources disdained by orators and polite conversers; from mares and puppies; from pitchers and soup-ladles; from cooks and criers; the shops of potters, horse-doctors, butchers, and fishmongers.”
- A shop that sells fish; a fishmonger's shop, a fishmonger's.
“And Susan, sure of this inevitable answer, would ask Cook to pop into the fishmonger for a nice bit of salmon, […]”
“A nice woman at the fishmonger in Earl’s Court Road—she had to walk miles to find a fish shop—told her how to cook the fillets of plaice she bought.”
- A pimp.
“Excellent well; you are a fishmonger.”