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- noun Plural form of
fishmonger .
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Examples
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So after coming from work, I used to flip through the yellow pages, call the fishmongers and pester them with questions about "pomfret", "mackrel", "king fish"...
Sungatha Fanna upkari - Fiery Prawns Curry Meera 2009
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So after coming from work, I used to flip through the yellow pages, call the fishmongers and pester them with questions about "pomfret", "mackrel", "king fish"...
Archive 2009-08-01 Meera 2009
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There were guilds of goldsmiths, ironmongers, and fishmongers, that is, workers in gold and iron and sellers of fish.
Introductory American History Elbert Jay Benton
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Some lie for their interest; such as fishmongers, flatterers, pimps, lawyers, fortune-hunters, and fortune-tellers; and others lie for their entertainment, as maids, wives, widows, and all other tea-table attendants.
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish Jonathan Swift 1706
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Independent shops such as fishmongers and florists have suffered at the expense of coffee bar chains and major supermarkets.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Among the traditional traders such as fishmongers are a Rastafarian cafe, Portuguese and
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Independent shops such as fishmongers and florists have suffered at the expense of coffee bar chains and major supermarkets.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Independent shops such as fishmongers and florists have suffered at the expense of coffee bar chains and major supermarkets.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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This will ensure that the "fishmongers" who catch huge numbers of salmon for the money they can get from selling them are stopped in their tracks.
WalesOnline - Home 2009
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The campaign is unlikely to cut much ice with the jolly fishmongers at my local street market who clearly consider it a compliment to address all women as "mademoiselle," whether 8 years old or 98.
Ladies and Gentlemen... Cirque Pompidou Lennox Morrison in Paris 2011
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