FISHWIFE


Meaning of FISHWIFE in English

/fish"wuyf'/ , n. , pl. fishwives .

1. a woman who sells fish.

2. a coarse-mannered, vulgar-tongued woman.

[ 1375-1425; late ME fisshwyf. See FISH, WIFE ]

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