fish mongress

See also: fish-mongress and fishmongress

English

Noun

fish mongress (plural fish mongresses)

1. Alternative form of fishmongeress
   • 1826 January 24, Vermont Gazette‎^[1], volume XVII, number 8 (whole 840), Bennington, Vt.: Darius Clark:

     The venerable fish mongress deposed that the law student was in the practice of occasionally taking oysters at her shop;

   • 1963, Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Research, page 28:

     The fish mongress then puts the fish in whatever container she may have, or just spreads them out on a mat, figure 10.

   • 2012, Robert Garlough, Angus Campbell, Modern Garde Manger: A Global Perspective, 2nd edition, Delmar, page 382:

     Laura Foley Ramsden is a fourth-generation fish mongress and owner of Foley Fish.