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fellmonger

American  
[fel-mong-ger, -muhng-] / ˈfɛlˌmɒŋ gər, -ˌmʌŋ- /

noun

Chiefly British.

  1. a preparer of skins or hides of animals, especially sheepskins, prior to leather making.

fellmonger British  
/ ˈfɛlˌmʌŋɡə /

noun

  1. a person who deals in animal skins or hides

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Other Word Forms

  • fellmongering noun
  • fellmongery noun

Etymology

Origin of fellmonger

First recorded in 1520–30; fell 4 + monger

Example Sentences

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John Cockes, fellmonger, buys 287 “shorling felles,” at 3s. the dozen, 190 “skynnes of wynter felles” at 6s. the dozen, 77 “skynnes somerfelles” at 8s. the dozen, for a total for £10. 18s. 1d.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

Henry Allenby, son of a fellmonger, Mr. Richard Allenby, residing near the Wong, and having a tanyard on the Lincoln Road, became an assistant chemist at St. Albans. 

From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by Walter, James Conway

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