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jowster

jowster noun: an itinerant seller or hawker, especially of fish.

Noun

jowster (plural jowsters)

  1. (Cornwall, historical) An itinerant seller or hawker, especially of fish.
    • Presently the jowsters began to bawl out questions to the men who were gathered rather sullenly on deck.1891, Joseph Henry Pearce, Inconsequent Lives, page 33
    • The jowsters come down with their carts on to the beach, and hawk them about round the neighborhood—I've seen them twelve a penny; while in the curing-houses they're bulking them and pressing them as if for dear life, to send away to Genoa, Leghorn, and Naples.1893, Grant Allen, Michael's Crag

Forms of jowster

pluraljowsters

Questions about jowster

What does jowster mean?
Jowster means an itinerant seller or hawker, especially of fish.
What part of speech is jowster?
Jowster is a noun.
What is the plural of jowster?
The plural of jowster is jowsters.

Words near jowster in the dictionary

  1. jowls
  2. jowly
  3. jows
  4. jowser
  5. jowsers
  6. jowster
  7. jowsters
  8. jowter
  9. jowters
  10. Jowzjan
  11. Joxun

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