A question about mongers

[creosoteMo]

What exactly is a "monger"? And why are there so few of them, iron, fish, coster.

 

[Richardp]

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/monger
dealer in slaves,

 

[tim west]

Don't know about mongers but i've met a few mingers in my time

 

[libby lou lou]

Don't know about mongers but i've met a few mingers in my time

creosoteMe

are you related to billyo

 

[ColJack]

a "monger" is a dealer in a specific commodity..

from the latin "mango;", meaning dealer of slaves.

 

[creosoteMo]

so why is an ironmonger /fishmonger some sort of slave???? that doesn't seem to compute. how strange.

 

[Chud]

so why is an ironmonger /fishmonger some sort of slave???? that doesn't seem to compute. how strange.

You don't think those fish are willingly bought and sold do you??

 

[markie]

You for got about drunk one's as in monged