monger

Example Sentences

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Kraft mac and cheese, first sold in 1937 for 19 cents a box, was the creation of Chicago cheese monger James L. Kraft, who got his start selling cheese from a horse-drawn wagon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Despite his last name and the negative connotation of monger, this intense and angry antihero, played by Michael B. Jordan, captures the sympathy of viewers.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

A third, a seafood monger in his 40s, was infected and later died.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2020

It was a cesspool only a conspiracy monger could have completely enjoyed.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2020

I must hold them tight though, for I feel them sliding away, and in their stead are the Mannings, husband and wife, hanging on the top of Horse- monger Lane Jail.

From Reprinted Pieces by Dickens, Charles