rouping wife
now chiefly historical
noun
A woman who holds a roup, a female auctioneer; (also) a woman who buys goods at a roup for the purpose of selling them on again at a profit.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in John Sinclair (1754–1835), agricultural improver, politician, and codifier of ‘useful knowledge’.
- Fort William
- for two pins I'd (or he'd, she'd, etc.) ——
- Fort Worth
- forty
- forty-five
- fortyfold
- forty-niner
- forty-ninth parallel
- forty winks
- forum
- forumite
- forum-shop
- forum shopping
- forward
- forward contract
- forward difference
- forwarder
- forwarding address
- forwarding agent
- forwarding instruction
- forward integration
- forward-looking
- forwardly
- forward mutation
- forwardness