Translations for „fishwife“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈfish·wife N dated pej

fishwife

Fischweib nt veraltend

fishwife

Marktweib nt meist pej sl

to shout/swear like a fishwife

keifen/fluchen wie ein Marktweib pej sl

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to shout/swear like a fishwife

keifen/fluchen wie ein Marktweib pej sl

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The story follows the fortunes of a young fishwife living at the turn of the 20th century.

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She shouts and screams like an old fishwife.

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I can cry one minute and swear like a fishwife the next.

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Here, a blind boy steals a herring from a shrieking fishwife.

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Virago, fishwife and shrew are near synonyms for termagant in this sense.

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For a list of them, ask any fishwife.

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