cheesemongery
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "She had never been into these crowded streets alone before, and, dazzled by the glittering shop-windows, and confused by the headlong throng and seemingly interminable confusion of their traffic, got herself into continual scrapes by running against the different people she met, receiving such sarcastic admonitions in return as, 'That's your way, my darling,' accompanied by a smart shove from a young gentleman, with a round wooden tray of fresh butter and other cheesemongeries on his head, which she had nearly overturned in the concussion;"
- "I observe spices, sugar, all sorts of groceries, all sorts of cheesemongery, all sorts of tinned provisions"
- "Supply of meat, cheesemongery, flour, grocery, poultry, drugs, disinfectants, clothing, etc."
- "Here are two tripe-shops, a few considerable cheesemongeries, and one medicinal herb-shop."
- "We stretched the cord across pine forests [ocotales] up to the old cheesemongery of Tranquilino, at a distance of 30 cords, where we erected a stone marker."
- "William Small's cheesemongery can be seen in the valley below."
Etymology
From cheesemonger + -y.