flourmonger

plural flourmongers

1. alternativeAlternative form of flour-monger.

   An uncouth flourmonger had disclosed some interesting things about a visiting Frenchman.

   1998, Margaret Miles, chapter 10, in A Wicked Way to Burn, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 99

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   […]; an’ folk say, it’s a’ owing tae a meeting they’ve had wi’ a flourmonger (which I hope ye’ll tell us a’ aboot) that kens o’ a hole in the ack o’ parliament aboot bread.

   1853 July 12, Saunders Mucklemouth, “Dumfries Loaves”, in Dumfries and Galloway Standard and Advertiser, volume IX, number 442, published 13 July 1853

   If Norwich’s quiet setting obscures the energy and industry of this community of bakers and flourmongers, a class will change that.

   2001 November 14, Amy Graves, “Tough going, but finally, perfect scones”, in The Boston Globe, volume 260, number 137, page E2