May, not to appear out of place while in company with the good fishwife, had dressed herself in a costume as much as possible like that which a well-to-do fisherman's daughter would wear; and although she had not intended to produce any such effect, her neat straw hat and cloak set her beauty off to even greater advantage.
"Won from the Waves"
W.H.G. Kingston
"Does not that sturdy fishwife with her little daughter trotting along by her side present a pretty picture?
"Won from the Waves"
W.H.G. Kingston
They were harmless, yet the kingfisher rushed upon them, clattering and scolding like a fishwife, and harried them all away into a quiet bogan.
"A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories"
William Long