- fishwife
- noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 15th century 1. a woman who sells fish 2. a vulgar abusive woman
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
fishwife
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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 — 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
