Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name given to a class of speculating traders at Billingsgate market, London, who buy large quantities of fish from the salesmen and sell them again to smaller dealers.
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- noun UK, dated A
porter ordealer at Billingsgate market in London
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Examples
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Their ranks, however, are swelled in the following way: A salesman, having disposed of his own fish, will "bummaree" for the sake of the possible profit, or a fishmonger, having purchased a double supply for a cheaper price, will "bummaree" half his purchase.
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If they've any sense they'll just pass by, thinks I - well, don't you, when you see some ragged bummaree sleeping it off in the gutter?
Watershed 2010
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If they've any sense they'll just pass by, thinks I - well, don't you, when you see some ragged bummaree sleeping it off in the gutter?
Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999
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“bummaree” for the sake of the possible profit, or a fishmonger, having purchased a double supply for a cheaper price, will “bummaree” half his purchase.
johnmperry commented on the word bummaree
a porter at a meat or fish market, such as Smithfield or Billingsgate.
July 23, 2008
sionnach commented on the word bummaree
The bummarees at Smithfield are engaged in a donnybrook. It's a veritable billingsgate!
July 24, 2008