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What is a fishwife?

What is a fishwife? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (archaic) A woman who sells or works with fish; a female fishmonger.
  2. (pejorative) A vulgar, abusive or nagging woman with a loud, unpleasant voice.
  3. (pejorative) Term of abuse, usually directed at women, implying lack of personal hygiene.
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I certainly do not resemble a fishwife, she said, nor have I any intention of acting as one.
This choice remark was accompanied by the grin of a fishwife and the stare of a drab.
A longshoreman wouldn't have called a fishwife what I called you, you blessed child.
She'd turned into a shrewish, nagging fishwife who carried five sets of clothes around for her kids should they happen to get dirty.
In another Moment, except Help come, the fishwife will be no more.
As a young local reporter in Hull in 1980, I saw Lillian fleetingly in a pub following an interview with a bereaved fishwife.

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