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tripeman

tripeman noun: a male seller of tripe (meat product).

Noun

tripeman (plural tripemen)

  1. (historical) A male seller of tripe (meat product).
    • These portions, with the legs (called " feet" in the trade), form what is styled the tripe-man′s portion, and are disposed of to him by the butcher for 5s. 6d.1862, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopædia of the Conditions and Earnings of Those That Will Work, Those That Cannot Work, And Those That Will Not Work, volume 2, Cosimo...
    • George Sims, a tripeman in St. James's Market always forward in street quarrels, then went up to the great gate in the Old Bailey with some others,[…].1872, Charles Dickens, Jr., editor, All the Year Round, page 424

Forms of tripeman

pluraltripemen
alternative formtripe man
alternative formtripe-man

Origin of tripeman

From tripe + man.

Questions about tripeman

What does tripeman mean?
Tripeman means a male seller of tripe (meat product).
What part of speech is tripeman?
Tripeman is a noun.
What is the plural of tripeman?
The plural of tripeman is tripemen.

Words near tripeman in the dictionary

  1. Tripehounds
  2. tripel
  3. tripelennamine
  4. tripelike
  5. tripels
  6. tripeman
  7. tripemen
  8. tripemonger
  9. tripemongers
  10. tripennate
  11. tripentadecanoin

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