fishwife
2
9.8
- noun
- /ˈfɪʃˌwaɪf/
- Slur
- I acted like a fishwife.
Examples
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In any case, stop acting like a Boston fishwife.
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You scream like a fishwife.
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His woman was a fishwife in the market.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Oh, yeah, that fishwife I read about.
Fiction book (2000) -
Almost the last thing l did was yell and carry on at him like a big fishwife.
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My mother was a fishwife in Uppland.
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"Do you suppose we could make it through one holiday without your tiresome fishwife act?
Fiction book (1998) -
Well, Hermione is a fishwife!
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She has the manners of a fishwife.
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The fishwife shouted to attract customers as she displayed her fresh catch at the market.
Synonyms
7
4.4
A person who sells fish in a shop or market
1
7.4
A person who catches or sells fish
1
2.9
A person or shop near you that sells fresh fish
A person who sells fish at a market
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fishwife comes from the simple parts fish and wife, and in old English wif meant 'woman', so it originally meant a 'fish-woman' who sold fish. Because these market women often shouted to sell their goods, fishwife later also came to mean a loud or coarse woman.