What does fishmonger mean?
Fishmonger means (British) A person who sells fish..
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/ˈfɪʃˌmʌŋɡ.ə(ɹ)/ · noun
(British) A person who sells fish..
If he made transcendental distinctions, he fortified himself by drawing all his illustrations from sources disdained by orators and polite conversers; from mares and puppies; from pitchers and soup-ladles; from cooks and criers; the shops of potters, horse-doctors, butchers, and fishmongers.
And Susan, sure of this inevitable answer, would ask Cook to pop into the fishmonger for a nice bit of salmon, […]
A nice woman at the fishmonger in Earl’s Court Road—she had to walk miles to find a fish shop—told her how to cook the fillets of plaice she bought.
Cornish peppered mackerel, smoked haddock, Scottish herring and pearl-white skate wings are all laid on a bed of crushed ice at the fishmonger.
Excellent well; you are a fishmonger.
Use fishmonger when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fishmonger means (British) A person who sells fish..
Common synonyms include fishman, ichthyopolist, fishwife.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
If he made transcendental distinctions, he fortified himself by drawing all his illustrations from sources disdained by orators and polite conversers; from mares and puppies; from pitchers and soup-ladles; from cooks and criers; the shops of potters, horse-doctors, butchers, and fishmongers.
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