Complete Definition of "fishmonger"

English

Etymology
fish + -monger

Noun
en-noun

  1. A shop that sells fish
  2. A person who sells fish
  3. Archaic, a pimp.

#: "Excellent well; you are a fishmonger." - William Shakespeare, said by Hamlet to Polonius. (Act 2, Scene 2)

Translations
trans-top|shop
Catalan: peixateria
Finnish: kalakauppa
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trans-top|shopkeeper
Catalan: peixater
Finnish: kalakauppias
trans-mid
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trans-top|pimp
trans-mid
Romanian: t|ro|pe�te|m
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ttbc|French: poissonerie
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