[f. as prec. + MONGER.] One who deals in fish.
1464. Mann. & Househ. Exp., 243. The ferst day off Marche at the Fyshemongerys howse.
1594. Plat, The Jewell House of Art and Nature, I. 9. This maketh the Fishmongers Wiues so wanton, and so beautifull.
1725. Bailey, Erasm. Colloq., 309. It was at a time when ’tis the Fishmonger’s Fair, and the Butchers time to be starv’d.
1865. Dickens, Mut. Fr., I. xvii. The fishmonger pulls off his hat with an air of reverence founded on conviction.
Hence Fishmongering vbl. sb., in quot. attrib.
1862. H. Marryat, Year in Sweden, I. 160. Abraham Cabelian, known in the fishmongering world, from a cod which still bears his name, was appointed burgomaster.
