tripeman

English

Alternative forms

• tripe man, tripe-man

Etymology

From tripe +‎ man.

Noun

tripeman (plural tripemen)

1. (historical) A male seller of tripe (meat product).
   • 1862, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopædia of the Conditions and Earnings of Those That Will Work, Those That Cannot Work, And Those That Will Not Work, volume 2, Cosimo Classics, published 2009, page 7:

     These portions, with the legs (called " feet" in the trade), form what is styled the tripe-man′s portion, and are disposed of to him by the butcher for 5s. 6d.

   • 1872, Charles Dickens, Jr., editor, All the Year Round, page 424:

     George Sims, a tripeman in St. James's Market always forward in street quarrels, then went up to the great gate in the Old Bailey with some others, […] .

   • 1882, Richard D. Blackmore, Christowell: A Dartmoor Tale, volume 1, Elibron Classics Replica Edition, published 2005, page 242:

     Without another syllable, of reasoning or reproof, the cobbler, the tailor, and the tripeman turned, and marched all abreast to the Three Horse-shoes ; and shame alone stopped their calumniators, from hastening after them, to drink their health.

Anagrams

• imperant, partimen, premiant