Fishwife vs Housewife - What's the difference?
fishwife | housewife |
A woman who sells or works with fish. (This is another name for a female fishmonger.)
(pejorative) A vulgar, abusive or nagging woman with a loud, unpleasant voice.
(Geordie, pejorative) Term of abuse, usually directed at women, implying lack of personal hygiene.
The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; – called also (hussy).
* 1852: Tom Taylor and Charles Reade, Masks and Faces Act II
As nouns the difference between fishwife and housewife
is that fishwife is a woman who sells or works with fish (this is another name for a female fishmonger) while housewife is the wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.As a verb housewife is
.fishwife
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(fishwives)housewife
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(housewives)- Woffington's housewife , made by herself, homely to the eye, but holds everything in the world