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 Fish-day (A) [jour maigre].Fish and Flesh. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Fish-wife (A).
 
A woman who hawks fish about the streets.   1
 


 Fish-day (A) [jour maigre].Fish and Flesh. 

 
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