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tripemonger

tripemonger noun: a seller of tripe (meat product).

Noun

tripemonger (plural tripemongers)

  1. (historical) A seller of tripe (meat product).
  2. (derogatory, informal) A purveyor of nonsense or anything worthless.
    • […] tripemongers who defile the "musical" columns of the popular press on the grounds that their readers do not deserve anything better […]1932, Musical Mirror, volume 1, page 58

Forms of tripemonger

pluraltripemongers

Origin of tripemonger

tripe + monger

Questions about tripemonger

What does tripemonger mean?
Tripemonger means a seller of tripe (meat product).
What part of speech is tripemonger?
Tripemonger is a noun.
What is the plural of tripemonger?
The plural of tripemonger is tripemongers.

Words near tripemonger in the dictionary

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

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