Fishwives
noun, plural fish·wives.
1.
a woman who sells fish.
2.
a coarse-mannered, vulgar-tongued woman.
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| —n , pl -wives | |
| 1. | a woman who sells fish |
| 2. | a coarse scolding woman |
| 'fishwifely | |
| —adj | |
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Fishwives
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