Word of the Day 6/25/13
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1_million_wordsMonger (noun, verb)
mon·ger [muhng-ger, mong-]
noun
1. a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination): a gossipmonger.
2. Chiefly British. a dealer in or trader of a commodity (usually used in combination): fishmonger.
verb (used with object)
3. to sell; hawk.
Origin: before 1000; Middle English (noun); Old English mangere, equivalent to mang ( ian ) to trade, act as a monger (≪ Latin mangō salesman) + -ere -er1 ; cognate with Old Norse, Old High German mangari
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mon·ger [muhng-ger, mong-]
noun
1. a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination): a gossipmonger.
2. Chiefly British. a dealer in or trader of a commodity (usually used in combination): fishmonger.
verb (used with object)
3. to sell; hawk.
Origin: before 1000; Middle English (noun); Old English mangere, equivalent to mang ( ian ) to trade, act as a monger (≪ Latin mangō salesman) + -ere -er1 ; cognate with Old Norse, Old High German mangari
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
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