English

Alternative forms

• tripe man
• tripe-man

Noun

tripeman ‎(plural tripemen)

1. (dated) A seller of tripe.
   • 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, 2009, Cosimo Classics, 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, 2005, Elibron Classics Replica Edition, 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.