fellmonger
[ fel-mong-ger, -muhng- ]
nounChiefly British.
a preparer of skins or hides of animals, especially sheepskins, prior to leather making.
Origin of fellmonger
1Other words from fellmonger
- fell·mon·ger·ing, fell·mon·ger·y, noun
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How to use fellmonger in a sentence
But perhaps, after all, it may be only an indifferent limestone representation of a fellmongering establishment.
The Jenolan Caves | Samuel CookThe colonies, however, have often done their own fellmongering, and we have imported pickled pelts.
Animal Proteins | Hugh Garner Bennett
British Dictionary definitions for fellmonger
fellmonger
/ (ˈfɛlˌmʌŋɡə) /
noun
a person who deals in animal skins or hides
Derived forms of fellmonger
- fellmongering or fellmongery, noun
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