fellmonger

[ fel-mong-ger, -muhng- ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. a preparer of skins or hides of animals, especially sheepskins, prior to leather making.

fellmonger

/ ˈfɛlˌmʌŋɡə /

noun

1. a person who deals in animal skins or hides

Derived Forms

• ˈfellˌmongering, noun

Other Words From

• fell·mon·ger·ing fell·mon·ger·y noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fellmonger¹

First recorded in 1520–30; fell ⁴ + monger

Example Sentences

John Cockes, fellmonger, buys 287 “shorling felles,” at 3s. the dozen, 190 “skynnes of wynter felles” at 6s. the dozen, 77 “skynnes somerfelles” at 8s. the dozen, for a total for £10. 18s. 1d.

From Project Gutenberg

West Yorkshire Police said the 26-year-old had been outside the Fellmonger pub on North Parkway at about 2345 BST when the attack happened.

From BBC

Henry Allenby, son of a fellmonger, Mr. Richard Allenby, residing near the Wong, and having a tanyard on the Lincoln Road, became an assistant chemist at St. Albans. 

From Project Gutenberg

But here I was, now in the second month living at my own charges in the house of a worthy fellmonger at the sign of the Seal and Squirrel, abutting upon the Strand road which leads from Temple Bar to Charing.

From Project Gutenberg

There must have been considerable division of the various trades even before the Conquest, and each trade must have inhabited a separate quarter; for we find at Winchester, or elsewhere, in the reign of Æthelred, Fellmonger, Horsemonger, Fleshmonger, Shieldwright, Shoewright, Turner, and Salter Streets.

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