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tripewife

tripewife noun: a female seller of tripe (meat product).

Noun

tripewife (plural tripewives)

  1. (historical) A female seller of tripe (meat product).

Forms of tripewife

pluraltripewives

Origin of tripewife

From tripe + wife.

Questions about tripewife

What does tripewife mean?
Tripewife means a female seller of tripe (meat product).
What part of speech is tripewife?
Tripewife is a noun.
What is the plural of tripewife?
The plural of tripewife is tripewives.

Words near tripewife in the dictionary

  1. tripeshop
  2. tripeshops
  3. tripestone
  4. tripetaloid
  5. tripetalous
  6. tripewife
  7. tripewives
  8. tripewoman
  9. tripewomen
  10. tripey
  11. tripfag

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