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Definitions for Fancymonger

[See Johnson's definition]

A well dressed seller of fish

Bob Harrison, Lichfield

a purveyor of silly little cakes

Daz, Basingstoke

someone with two or more houses who claims expenses for the larger one even though he lives in a shed

C Simon, Lichfield

Camp shopkeeper.

D. Harper, Stonnall

A lady of the night

David Nash, Sutton Coldfield

Someone who would rather use twenty long words when two short ones will do.

Hazel Ward, Birmingham

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