fishwifen.

Brit.

/ˈfɪʃwʌɪf/, U.S.

/ˈfɪʃˌwaɪf/

Etymology: < fish n.¹ + wife n.

A woman who sells fish.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of fish or seafood > woman

fishwife1523

oyster wife1550

oyster wench1597

oyster woman1597

butt-woman1620

oyster-callet1621

poissarde1797

1523 J. Roper Will in Archaeologia Cantiana (1859) 2 154 I bequethe to the making of an horse way, for the fisshe wyves.

1739 J. Miller Jests cxv She bid the Fish-Wife about half what she asked.

1867 J. MacGregor Voy. Alone in Rob Roy v. 72 I took the tow-line thrown down from the quay by some sturdy fishwives.

Draft additions September 2020

Used in similative expressions, as a means of characterizing someone (typically a woman) as coarse, loud, peevish, or foul-mouthed. colloquial (derogatory and potentially offensive).Now the more common sense.

ΚΠ

1606 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. If you know not Me sig. B3^v We two like friendes, come to conclude your strife, And you like fish-wiues fall a scolding here.

1702 J. Byres Let. to Friend at Edinb. 66 The Councellours constant jarrings and scolding on one another like fish wives.

1876 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Aug. 158/1 You went and abused a man like a fishwife, because he had the civility to ask you to marry him!

2014 Sunday Express (Nexis) 24 Aug. (S Mag.) 55 Only once did she explode, waving her arms and yelling uncontrollably like a fishwife.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fishwife
释义	fishwifen. Brit. /ˈfɪʃwʌɪf/, U.S. /ˈfɪʃˌwaɪf/ Etymology: < fish n.¹ + wife n. A woman who sells fish. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of fish or seafood > woman fishwife1523 oyster wife1550 oyster wench1597 oyster woman1597 butt-woman1620 oyster-callet1621 poissarde1797 1523 J. Roper Will in Archaeologia Cantiana (1859) 2 154 I bequethe to the making of an horse way, for the fisshe wyves. 1739 J. Miller Jests cxv She bid the Fish-Wife about half what she asked. 1867 J. MacGregor Voy. Alone in Rob Roy v. 72 I took the tow-line thrown down from the quay by some sturdy fishwives. Draft additions September 2020 Used in similative expressions, as a means of characterizing someone (typically a woman) as coarse, loud, peevish, or foul-mouthed. colloquial (derogatory and potentially offensive).Now the more common sense. ΚΠ 1606 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. If you know not Me sig. B3^v We two like friendes, come to conclude your strife, And you like fish-wiues fall a scolding here. 1702 J. Byres Let. to Friend at Edinb. 66 The Councellours constant jarrings and scolding on one another like fish wives. 1876 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Aug. 158/1 You went and abused a man like a fishwife, because he had the civility to ask you to marry him! 2014 Sunday Express (Nexis) 24 Aug. (S Mag.) 55 Only once did she explode, waving her arms and yelling uncontrollably like a fishwife. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1523
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