What does fish-mongress mean?
Fish-mongress means Alternative form of fishmongeress..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of fishmongeress..
Simple Sandford took his eel / To an old fish-mongress: / “ ’Tis is no conger-eel,” she said, / “But it is a Congress.”
Good Mère Lollier wished to make a fish-mongress of her; mademoiselle spurned the proposal. What! she, a genius, a beauty, a divine voice, waste her life on horrid, ill-smelling fish?
This latter class at the time possessed the delicacy of the Hamburg fish-mongress of to-day.
Use fish-mongress when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fish-mongress means Alternative form of fishmongeress..
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Simple Sandford took his eel / To an old fish-mongress: / “ ’Tis is no conger-eel,” she said, / “But it is a Congress.”
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