fishmonger

[ fish-muhng-ger, -mong- ]

/ ˈfɪʃˌmʌŋ gər, -ˌmɒŋ- /

noun Chiefly British.

a dealer in fish, especially for eating.

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Origin of fishmonger

First recorded in 1300–50, fishmonger is from the Middle English word fysshmongere. See fish, monger

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Examples from the Web for fishmonger

Chelsea fishmonger The Lobster Place, which had no power until Friday night, returned to normal business operations on Sunday.
New York’s Sushi Business Comes Back After Hurricane Sandy|Lauren Streib|November 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I skipped a gramophone emporium and a baby-linen shop and entered a fishmonger's.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Feb. 5, 1919|Various
This may explain why our fishmonger's price is 2½ shillings a shillingsworth.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Jan. 15, 1919|Various
He then went to a fishmonger, purchased a large basket of fish, and borrowed an angling rod.
Romances of Old Japan|Yei Theodora Ozaki

A man like that could persuade a fishmonger or an undertaker to stock it.
Septimus|William J. Locke
Swinburne would have been a better moralist if he had worshipped a fishmonger instead of worshipping the sea.
Alarms and Discursions|G. K. Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for fishmonger

fishmonger

/ (ˈfɪʃˌmʌŋɡə) /

noun

mainly British a retailer of fish

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Word Origin and History for fishmonger

fishmonger

mid-15c., from fish (n.) + monger (n.).