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Definition of Fishwife

Fishwife
Fishwife Fish"wife`, n. A fishwoman.

Meaning of Fishwife from wikipedia

- A fishwife, fish-**** or fishl**** is a woman who sells fish. She is typically the wife of a fisherman, selling her husband's catch, but other sources of...
- Fishwife (Danish: Fiskerkone) is a 1940 granite statue of a fishwife situated at Gammel Strand in Copenhagen, Denmark, commemorating the fact that the...
- A fishmonger (historically fishwife for female practitioners) is someone who sells raw fish and seafood. Fishmongers can be wholesalers or retailers and...
- Fishwife was an American punk rock band from San Diego, California, active from 1990 to 1993 and consisting of Ryan Foxe (vocals), Matt Ohlin (b**** guitar)...
- Dorothy Pentreath (bap. 16 May 1692 – 26 December 1777) was a Cornish fishwife. She is one of the last known fluent speakers of the Cornish language. She...
- spends the first half of the movie endlessly complaining like some old fishwife". The feature won five awards at the 2002 Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst...
- track-laying work at the old location. The song tells the fictional tale of a fishwife who plied her trade on the streets of Dublin and died young, of a fever...
- the world's longest-running television soap opera, Coronation Street. Fishwife Jeanne Hachette Karen (slang) Labrys (double-axe) as a feminist symbol...
- word is still used in Modern English in constructions such as midwife and fishwife. Old wives' tales are often invoked to discourage certain behaviours, usually...
- in 1891. Fish L**** is a Geordie term for a fishwife. The Cullercoats Fish L**** was a term for a fishwife from Cullercoats, a small fishing village near...