fish mongress

A form of fishmongeress — A female fishmonger.

Meanings

nounfish mongress (plural fish mongresses)

plural fish mongresses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of fishmongeress.

    Laura Foley Ramsden is a fourth-generation fish mongress and owner of Foley Fish.

    2012, Robert Garlough, Angus Campbell, Modern Garde Manger: A Global Perspective, 2nd edition, Delmar, page 382
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    The venerable fish mongress deposed that the law student was in the practice of occasionally taking oysters at her shop;

    1826 January 24, Vermont Gazette, volume XVII, number 8 (whole 840), Bennington, Vt.: Darius Clark

    The fish mongress then puts the fish in whatever container she may have, or just spreads them out on a mat, figure 10.

    1963, Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Research, page 28
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