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Definition of fishwife noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

fishwife

 noun
noun
NAmE//ˈfɪʃwaɪf//
 
(pl. fishwives
NAmE//ˈfɪʃwaɪvz//
 
) (old-fashioned) (disapproving)
 
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a woman with a loud voice and bad manners She cursed like a fishwife.
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