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Fishwife   Listen
noun
Fishwife  n.  
1.
A fishwoman.
2.
A woman who abusively scolds other people, often using coarse or vulgar language.





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"Fishwife" Quotes from Famous Books



... fishwife, "or we are all lost. Into your canoe and paddle up this creek. It runs out to the sea behind the town, and at the bar is my man's fishing-boat amongst many others. Lie hidden there till he comes if you value your lives." ...
— Gulliver of Mars • Edwin L. Arnold
... shoulders! Here is the thing; my black Liberty satin two years old. I will cover part of my exposed neck and shoulders with a fichu of lace; my black silk openwork stockings will be drawn on over a pair of balbriggans, and the number of petticoats I shall don would discourage a Scotch fishwife! To-morrow I'll write Mrs. Spalding's maid to buy me two hot-water bottles, mittens, a box of quinine tablets and a Shetland shawl.... What are these—fans? Retire into the depths of that tray and never look me in the face again!... Parasols? I wonder at your impertinence ...
— Robinetta • Kate Douglas Wiggin


Words linked to "Fishwife" :   monger, fishmonger, bargainer, dealer, trader


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