fishwife

fishwife
Synonyms and related words:
Xanthippe, amazon, baker, battle-ax, beldam, bitch, bookdealer, bookseller, butcher, cat, chandler, clothing merchant, common scold, confectioner, draper, drysalter, fishmonger, florist, footwear merchant, fruiterer, furnisher, furrier, fury, greengrocer, grocer, groceryman, haberdasher, hardwareman, harpy, ironmonger, jeweler, liquor merchant, newsdealer, ogress, perfumer, poulterer, saddler, scold, she-devil, she-wolf, shrew, spitfire, stationer, termagant, tigress, tobacconist, vintner, virago, vixen, wine merchant, witch

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  • Fishwife — Fish wife , n. 1. A fishwoman. [1913 Webster] 2. A woman who abusively scolds other people, often using coarse or vulgar language. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fishwife — 1520s, from FISH (Cf. fish) + WIFE (Cf. wife) in the “woman” sense …   Etymology dictionary

  • fishwife — ► NOUN ▪ a coarse mannered woman who is prone to shouting …   English terms dictionary

  • fishwife — [fish′wīf΄] n. pl. fishwives [fish′wīvz΄] 1. a woman who sells fish 2. a coarse, scolding woman …   English World dictionary

  • Fishwife — A fishwife or fish fag is a woman who sells fish. [cite book|title=Oxford English Dictionary|url=http://www.oed.com|accessdate=2008 04 27|quote=A woman who sells fish] Such women were notoriously loud and foul mouthed as in the proverb, To swear… …   Wikipedia

  • fishwife — UK [ˈfɪʃˌwaɪf] / US noun [countable] Word forms fishwife : singular fishwife plural fishwives old fashioned a woman who speaks rudely in a loud voice …   English dictionary

  • fishwife — [[t]fɪ̱ʃwaɪf[/t]] fishwives N COUNT (disapproval) If you say that someone is behaving like a fishwife, you mean that they are shouting a great deal and behaving in a very unpleasant and bad tempered way. [mainly BRIT] …   English dictionary

  • Fishwife (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Fishwife Img capt = Img size = Background = group or band Origin = San Diego, California, U.S. Genre = Punk rock Years active = 1990 ndash;1993 Label = Cargo, Headhunter, Nemesis Records, Caroline Records, Goldenrod… …   Wikipedia

  • fishwife — noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 15th century 1. a woman who sells fish 2. a vulgar abusive woman …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fishwife — 1) a woman who sells fish; 2) a foul mouthed coarse, abusive woman 3) the female wife or consort of a homosexual male (U.S. slang, mid 1900s onward) …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • fishwife — /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] * * * …   Universalium

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