breadmonger
nounEtymology From bread + monger. Compare the Middle English surname Bredmongestere.
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A seller of bread.
- Mr. W. Dean Taylor lectured here on Monday evening, in the Market Place, to an audience composed of Tories, Bread Mongers, and Chartists.1841 July 17, The Northern Star, and Leeds General Advertiser, volume IV, number 192, page 7:
- He dwelt in severe terms upon the hypocrisy of Messrs. Cobden and Bright, and such like humanity and cheap bread mongers, for their opposition to the Ten Hours’ Bill.1846 May 27, The Manchester Courier, and Lancashire General Advertiser, volume XXII, number 1142, page 4:
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- William Pitt in power! war in Europe! small constituencies, and small bread! (Loud cheers.) But what is the state of the case at the present time—what the condition of the coroneted breadmonger now?1850 November 15, The Liberator, volume XX, number 46 (whole 1036), Boston, Mass., page 183:
- […]; stands of every description were numerous, and dealers in nuts, ginger-bread mongers, shooting gallery proprietors, and a host of other village fair followers appeared to be doing a great business amongst the rustics.1865 October 7, “Chipping Fair and Cattle Show”, in The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser, number 2831, page 6:
- Thomas, son of Sarah la Bredmongestere,¹[…]¹ A female breadmonger.1902, Reginald R. Sharpe, editor, Calendar of Letter-Books Preserved Among the Archives of the Corporation of the City of London at the Guildhall. Letter-Book D. Circa a.d. 1309–1314., London: […] John Edward Francis, page 265:
- The death of a bread monger, named Puffi unfolds the tale of twelve female prisoners who battle the starving desire to eat Puffi for dinner in a conflict between their stomachs and the morality of the outrighteous Tante.1974 November 15, The Charlatan, volume 4, number 15, page 20:
- Synonyms
- breadseller