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garlicmonger en · NOUN

Etymology

From garlic + monger.

Meanings

1. (historical) A seller of garlic.
   • […] a plethora of taverns, victuals, brew houses, hostelries, bathhouses, brothels, bearbaiting and bullbaiting arenas jostled for space with shops of stockfishmongers, garlicmongers, and bakemongers. 2009, Rona Sharon, Royal Blood:
   • In the real world a network of middlemen handled goods of all kind: even in the apparently simple world of horticulture leekmongers and garlicmongers bought up sacks of vegetables and passed them on to retailers. 2018, Jon Stobart, Vicki Howard, The Routledge Companion to the History of Retailing:

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