fishwives
Dockside fish sellers
Fishwives is the plural of fishwife—a woman who sells fish.
The word survives mainly in its figurative sense: a loud, coarse, foul-mouthed woman.
They were screaming at each other like fishwives.
The stereotype draws on the rough manners and sharp tongues attributed to women hawking fish in street markets.
Unconfirmed circulating story
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- chatterLight, rapid speech
- tittle-tattleTrivial, idle chatter
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
slander · busybody · talebearer · yenta · natter · blabber · prattle · gabble
Seller of fresh catches
- marketVenue for trade
- stallsDelays or compartments
- hawkingSport using trained raptors
- peddlingSelling goods informally
crying · wares · gutting · scaling · baskets · aprons · bartering · haggling
Vocally projecting loudly
- shriekingEmitting shrill, loud cries
- bellowingLoud, deep shouting
- raucousLoud and disorderly
- stridentHarsh and piercing
clamorous · shrill · piercing · vociferous · boisterous · screeching · hollering · bawling
Of a prim era
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- guildsCraftsmen's mutual aid societies
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
- working-classManual laborers as group
laborers · docklands · poverty · toil · livelihood · subsistence · apron · headscarf
rumor
Unconfirmed circulating story
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- chatterLight, rapid speech
- tittle-tattleTrivial, idle chatter
hearsay · slander · busybody · talebearer · yenta · natter · blabber · prattle · gabble · tattler
fishmonger
Seller of fresh catches
peddling · crying · wares · gutting · scaling · baskets · aprons · bartering · haggling · dockside
shouting
Vocally projecting loudly
strident · clamorous · shrill · piercing · vociferous · boisterous · screeching · hollering · bawling · stentorian
Victorian
Of a prim era
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- guildsCraftsmen's mutual aid societies
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
working-class · laborers · docklands · poverty · toil · livelihood · subsistence · apron · headscarf · cobblestones
fishwivesnoblewomen
Women of aristocratic rank
society ladies · debutantes · duchesses · ladies · aristocrats
fish, wives, fishing, fisherman, fishes, fished, fishermen, fisher, fishtail