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fishwife
noun as in battle-ax
noun as in hag
noun as in shrew
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Perhaps you'll be staggering under a creel like a Newhaven fishwife before you return.
Suddenly a clamor was heard on the shore, and soon after a fishwife made her appearance, with rather a singular burden.
"It's no oot o' the kirk window ye'll hae seen him, Sandy, my mon," said a young fishwife.
It was about this time that Giorgione's ladylove won fame by discarding him in that foolish, fishwife fashion.
Mary became a Greek slave, or a Billingsgate fishwife, with amusing unexpectedness.
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On this page you'll find 75 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fishwife, such as: fury, hag, harpy, harridan, nag, and scold.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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