The term used for a female fishmonger is?

zbeckabee

Fishmonger or Fishwife. http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/FISHWIFE Jun 19 06, 7:45 PM

peasypod

Yes, fishwife is the one. I do get excited over the etymology of certain words, such as this one. Wonder if this guy is our Frankiebabe's other half? http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20010625 Jun 19 06, 8:06 PM

lanfranco

My Maven, who has certainly read St. Augustine, has long been fascinated by the "perpetration of horrible turpitudes." He would like to know more but complains that no one will tell him. Jun 19 06, 9:23 PM

davejacobs

I had thought that fish-wives were the women who worked in the sheds by the docks, gutting and sometimes salting the fish that their husbands, the fishermen on the boats, had brought in.. But my dictionary agrees with zb and peas, so I've learned something today. So what are those female fish-gutters called? Jun 20 06, 1:44 AM

peasypod

Personally I'd like to know more about the "Give me chastity and continence, but not yet." thing of St Augustine. ;) Jun 20 06, 4:56 AM

zbeckabee

davejacobs--Fishmongers (like butchers and the like) go the whole 9 yards...they purchase, clean AND sell the fish. A few rules for fishmongers follows with this link: http://www.trytel.com/~tristan/towns/florilegium/economy/ectol09.html Jun 20 06, 6:40 AM

Baloo55th

Molly Malone was a fishmonger (and sure, 'twas no wonder because her father and mother were before her). (NOT an Irish song in origin, by the way. English music hall. Jun 20 06, 12:42 PM