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Exploring the fascinating origins of job names
Tuesday November 8, 2022. 02:55 PM , from BoingBoing
Did you know that 'monger' means trader (fish monger, iron monger, cheese monger) and there's little explanation for why monger drifted into the pejorative (war monger, gossip monger, etc). Did you know that grocer goes all the way back to ancient Rome and refers to someone who sells in bulk, i.e. — Read the rest
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