fishwife
a woman who sells fish.
a coarse-mannered, vulgar-tongued woman.
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How to use fishwife in a sentence
Perhaps you'll be staggering under a creel like a Newhaven fishwife before you return.
A Pair of Schoolgirls | Angela BrazilSuddenly a clamor was heard on the shore, and soon after a fishwife made her appearance, with rather a singular burden.
Christie Johnstone | Charles Reade"It's no oot o' the kirk window ye'll hae seen him, Sandy, my mon," said a young fishwife.
Christie Johnstone | Charles ReadeIt was about this time that Giorgione's ladylove won fame by discarding him in that foolish, fishwife fashion.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 4 (of 14) | Elbert HubbardMary became a Greek slave, or a Billingsgate fishwife, with amusing unexpectedness.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes | Israel Zangwill
British Dictionary definitions for fishwife
/ (ˈfɪʃˌwaɪf) /
a woman who sells fish
a coarse scolding woman
Derived forms of fishwife
- fishwifely, adjective
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