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Verity Pushpram

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Verity Pushpram
Verity Pushpram, as drawn by Matt Smith
Verity Pushpram, as drawn by Matt Smith
Name Verity Pushpram
Age youngish
Race Human
Occupation seller of marine edibles
Looks
Residence Ankh-Morpork
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Verity Pushpram, who sells cockles and mussels and other forms of edible sealife from a barrow in the streets of old Ankh-Morpork has an on-off relationship with Corporal Nobby Nobbs. Known also as 'Hammerhead' (surely not a term of endearment), she is best known for having forearms like a blacksmith, throwing eels at Nobby, for her lingering smell of aquatic life, and for having the opposite of a squint: she looks like each eye is straining to see the adjacent ear. As such, however, she is probably a more suitable object of affection for Nobby than Tawneee (see Thud!).

At the time of writing, unlike Roundworld's Molly Malone, nobody has dedicated any form of song or ballad to her. This may come...

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