garlicmonger

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noun

A seller of garlic.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

noungarlicmonger (plural garlicmongers)

plural garlicmongers

  1. historicalA seller of garlic.

    […] a plethora of taverns, victuals, brew houses, hostelries, bathhouses, brothels, bearbaiting and bullbaiting arenas jostled for space with shops of stockfishmongers, garlicmongers, and bakemongers.

    2009, Rona Sharon, Royal Blood
    1 more example

    In the real world a network of middlemen handled goods of all kind: even in the apparently simple world of horticulture leekmongers and garlicmongers bought up sacks of vegetables and passed them on to retailers.

    2018, Jon Stobart, Vicki Howard, The Routledge Companion to the History of Retailing

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

garlicmonger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garlicmonger

MLA

“garlicmonger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garlicmonger. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “garlicmonger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garlicmonger.

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