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the last human who can debone your dinner faster than you can pronounce it
means A person who sells fish, especially one who runs a stall or shop dedicated to seafood.
from A plain compound of "fish" and "monger," the latter from Old English "mangere," a trader or dealer, itself borrowed from Latin "mango," a merchant — the same "-monger" that haunts ironmongers, warmongers, and gossipmongers. So a fishmonger is, quite literally, a fish-dealer; the word has carried the same scaled cargo for over a thousand years, with no fishy business in its history.
- old word
- Monger means trader, surviving in fishmonger and warmonger
- royal title
- Britain still appoints a Royal Fishmonger
- speed feat
- Top filleters gut a fish in under ten seconds
- freshness tell
- Clear eyes and red gills, never a fishy smell
- guild power
- London's Fishmongers' Company dates to the 1200s
pike place fish market — seattle's famous fishmonger stall since 1930, known for workers throwing whole fish across the counter
tsukiji outer market — tokyo's legendary fishmonger district with 80+ vendors, handling 1,600+ tons of seafood daily
fulton fish market — new york city's wholesale fishmonger hub since 1822, processing 400+ million pounds annually