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fishwifely

adj

Etymology

From fishwife + -ly.

  1. inherited from fysshewyfe
  2. suffixed as fishwifely — “fishwife + ly”

Definitions

  1. Befitting a fishwife

    Befitting a fishwife; vulgar and raucous.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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