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Definition of Fishwives
1. fishwife [n] - See also: fishwife
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fishwives
Literary usage of Fishwives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Tour in Tartan-land by Cuthbert Bede (1863)
"NEWHAVEN AND ITS fishwives. ... Scottish Margate —Bathing Scenes—Leith—The Landing
of a Scottish Queen and English King — Newhaven—The fishwives — Heavy ..."
2. The Unappreciated Fisher Folk, Their Round of Life and Labour by James Glass Bertram (1883)
"Peculiarities of the Foreign Fisher-folk — Roman and Athenian fishwives—Fetes of
the Foreign Fisher people—Italian Fishers— French Fisher-folk—Madame Picard ..."
3. Old Faces in New Masks by Robert Blakey, George Cruikshank (1859)
"All mad to speak and none to hearken, They set the very dogs a barking; No
chattering makes so loud a din As fishwives o'er a cup of gin."—SWIFT. ..."
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