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cheesemongery

noun

Etymology

From cheesemonger + -y.

  1. derived from *(s)meh₂-✻ — “to beckon, signal”
  2. derived from *manicō✻
  3. derived from ن ج ل
  4. derived from μαγγανεύω — “to use charms or philtres; to cheat, play tricks; to dress food artificially to make it appear better”
  5. derived from *-ārī✻
  6. derived from mangō — “dealer, trader”
  7. inherited from *mangārī✻ — “dealer, merchant, monger”
  8. inherited from mangere — “dealer, merchant, trader”
  9. inherited from mongere
  10. compounded as cheesemonger — “cheese + monger”
  11. suffixed as cheesemongery — “cheesemonger + y”

Definitions

  1. Cheese and/or butter sold by a cheesemonger.

    • I observe spices, sugar, all sorts of groceries, all sorts of cheesemongery, all sorts of tinned provisions
    • Supply of meat, cheesemongery, flour, grocery, poultry, drugs, disinfectants, clothing, etc.

  2. The building where a cheesemonger sells dairy goods.

    • Here are two tripe-shops, a few considerable cheesemongeries, and one medicinal herb-shop.
    • We stretched the cord across pine forests [ocotales] up to the old cheesemongery of Tranquilino, at a distance of 30 cords, where we erected a stone marker.
    • William Small's cheesemongery can be seen in the valley below.

  3. The work of a cheesemonger

    The work of a cheesemonger; the selling of cheese.

    • WANTED an Apprentice in the Grocery and Cheesemongery business, a Youth of 16 years of age of good disposition, active, and wishing to oblige, and willing to attend the regulation of a Dissenting family, on week and sabbath days;
    • Mr. Tuggs attended to the grocery department; Mrs. Tuggs to the cheesemongery; and Miss Tuggs to her education.
    • I was doing tolerably well in the cheesemongery line, and was paying my way, which is something in these hard times.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA