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fishwife

noun

NAmE//ˈfɪʃwaɪf//

(pl. fishwives

NAmE//ˈfɪʃwaɪvz//

) (old-fashioned) (disapproving)

a woman with a loud voice and bad manners She cursed like a fishwife.

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