fishmonger

fishmonger
noun /ˈfɪʃˌmʌŋɡ.ə(ɹ)/
a) A person who sells fish.

And Susan, sure of this inevitable answer, would ask Cook to pop into the fishmonger for a nice bit of salmon,

b) A fishmongers, a fishmongers shop: a shop that sells fish.

A nice woman at the fishmonger in Earl’s Court Road—she had to walk miles to find a fish shop—told her how to cook the fillets of plaice she bought.


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