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flourmonger en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of flour-monger.
   alt of flour-monger
   • […]; an’ folk say, it’s a’ owing tae a meeting they’ve had wi’ a flourmonger (which I hope ye’ll tell us a’ aboot) that kens o’ a hole in the ack o’ parliament aboot bread. 1853 July 12, Saunders Mucklemouth, “Dumfries Loaves”, in Dumfries and Galloway Standard and Advertiser, volume IX, number 442, published 13 July 1853:
   • An uncouth flourmonger had disclosed some interesting things about a visiting Frenchman. 1998, Margaret Miles, chapter 10, in A Wicked Way to Burn, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 99:
   • If Norwich’s quiet setting obscures the energy and industry of this community of bakers and flourmongers, a class will change that. 2001 November 14, Amy Graves, “Tough going, but finally, perfect scones”, in The Boston Globe, volume 260, number 137, page E2:

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