fishwife
Meanings
noun
- A woman who sells or works with fish; a female fishmonger.
- A vulgar, abusive or nagging woman with a loud, unpleasant voice.
- A person, especially a woman, with poor personal hygiene.
- The wife of a homosexual man.
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Etymology
From Middle English fysshewyfe; equivalent to fish + wife (“(obsolete) woman”) (see also midwife).
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