fish-jowters

Updated: May 15, 2025

I took it for granted that a sweep must inhabit a dingy hovel, and certainly the crowded filth of the Barbican promised nothing better as we threaded our way among fishermen, fish-jowters, blowzy women, and children playing hop-scotch with the heads of decaying fish.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - The Adventures of Harry Revel