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名詞

garlicmonger (plural garlicmongers)

1. (historical) A seller of garlic.
   • 2009, Rona Sharon, Royal Blood:

     […] a plethora of taverns, victuals, brew houses, hostelries, bathhouses, brothels, bearbaiting and bullbaiting arenas jostled for space with shops of stockfishmongers, garlicmongers, and bakemongers.

   • 2018, Jon Stobart, Vicki Howard, The Routledge Companion to the History of Retailing:

     In the real world a network of middlemen handled goods of all kind: even in the apparently simple world of horticulture leekmongers and garlicmongers bought up sacks of vegetables and passed them on to retailers.