monger

monger
mongering, n., adj.
/mung"geuhr, mong"-/, n.
1. a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination): a gossipmonger.
2. Chiefly Brit. a dealer in or trader of a commodity (usually used in combination): fishmonger.
v.t.
3. to sell; hawk.
[bef. 1000; ME (n.); OE mangere, equiv. to mang(ian) to trade, act as a monger ( L mango salesman) + -ere -ER1; c. ON, OHG mangari]

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