periwinklern.
/ˈpɛrɪˌwɪŋklə/, /ˈpɛrɪˌwɪŋkl̩ə/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌwɪŋk(ə)lər/, /ˈpɛriˌwɪŋk(ə)lər/ rare.
A person who gathers or sells periwinkles (periwinkle n.2).
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of fish or seafood
oyster-monger1321
rippier1384
fishera1400
pannierman1419
oyster sellera1425
fish-sellerc1440
pessonera1450
fishmonger1464
pikemonger1464
palingman1475
fish-man1540
jowter1550
mussel-mongera1625
flounder-man1700
periwinkler1837
fish-hawker1866
fish-salesman1868
piscitarian1880
fish-cadger1889
cod walloper1915
1837 P. Hawker Diary 16 Feb. (1893) II. 122 All the Billingsgate periwinklers were out this day.
2003 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 13 June b2 (heading) Marine Patrol finds missing periwinklers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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