bread-monger

Example Sentences

• "The facts contained in the statement are such as tend to expose the fallacy of the cheap bread[-]mongers, and ought to be placed before every labourer in the kingdom."
• "Aye, those were the good old times—Mr. Pitt in power, general war in Europe, small constituencies, and small bread. But what was the state of the case now? And what the position of the coronetted bread-monger?"
• "The man who sells us our bread is not a baker, but a bread-monger."
• "As an example of how the bread-mongers resist efforts to lower prices, consider this dialogue."
• "War Is On Against Bread Mongers[…]Housewives—also their husbands and children—should give a rah-rah for Senator Guy Gillette, the handsome returnee from Iowa, who goes back to war on Nov. 28 against the flour and bread mongers.[…]The base of these chemicals is a substance called mono-glyceride or sometimes di[-]glyceride. One pound of this gook, plus five pounds of water, can be used to replace six pounds of natural fats and oils in bread. That’s fine for the bread-mongers because it makes their product look better and last longer."
• "The remedy is stated to be “to eliminate the owner, the power-monger, the bread-monger, the rent-monger, and, above all, their prostitute offspring, the advertiser and salesman.[…]”"