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fishwife

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fish·wife  (fshwf)
n. pl. fish·wives (-wvz)
1. A woman who sells fish.
2. A woman regarded as coarse and shrewishly abusive.

fishwife [ˈfɪʃˌwaɪf]
n pl -wives
1. (Business / Commerce) a woman who sells fish
2. a coarse scolding woman
fishwifely  adj
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Noun1.fishwifefishwife - someone who sells fish              
bargainer, dealer, monger, trader - someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
Translations
fishwife [ˈfɪʃwaɪf] N (fishwives (pl)) [ˈfɪʃwaɪvz]pescadera f (pej) → verdulera f
fishwife [ˈfɪʃwaɪf] n
to scream like a fishwife (loudly and angrily) (mainly British)crier comme une poissonnière
fishwife [ˈfɪʃˌwaɪf] n (pej) → pescivendola
fishwife [ˈfɪʃˌwaɪf] n (pej) → pescivendola


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A Wife, here, has no sex; she is neuter; so, according to the grammar, a fish is HE, his scales are SHE, but a fishwife is neither.
 
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