Garlicmonger
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Garlicmonger is a noun meaning (historical) A seller of garlic.
Meaning
(historical) A seller of garlic.
Example Sentences
[…] a plethora of taverns, victuals, brew houses, hostelries, bathhouses, brothels, bearbaiting and bullbaiting arenas jostled for space with shops of stockfishmongers, garlicmongers, and bakemongers.
In the real world a network of middlemen handled goods of all kind: even in the apparently simple world of horticulture leekmongers and garlicmongers bought up sacks of vegetables and passed them on to retailers.
Word Forms
- garlicmongers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fruitmonger, mongery, poisonmonger, monger, relicmonger, bookmonger.
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