单词 | stinking fish |
释义 | > as lemmasstinking fish stinking fish n. Brit. , U.S. , West African English (a) in allusion to the phr. to cry stinking fish at cry v. 5b(b): something worthless or rotten; (b) Ghana (see quot. 1973).ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > foulness or filth > foul thing > [noun] fouleOE dung?c1225 carrion?1529 feculence1662 nastiness1831 muck1882 stinking fish1935 grunge1965 the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > cured fish > salted or pickled fish pickle-herring1463 round shore-herring1469 split herring1469 white herring1469 white-salted herring1469 ling fish1489 pickled herring?1577 mudfish1600 old ling1600 sea-stick1604 cor1624 crux-herrings1641 red fish1728 dunfish1746 sea steak1798 caveach1822 fair maid1823 dun codfish1839 crape-fish1856 black herring1883 rollmop1892 schmaltz herring1912 stink-fish1913 stinking fish1935 Spithead pheasant1948 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress vi. 98 Have I not proof of 's loyal mind within reason: his refusing on't when Lessingham did offer it? Nay, 'twas but stinking fish then: 'twas under suzerainty. 1968 J. Abruquah Torrent ii. 29 You are treated nice when you are a stranger instead of having little bits of dried stinking fish and kenkey thrown at you. 1973 K. A. Sey Ghanaian Eng. vii. 90 Stinking fish, fish preserved with salt and used for seasoning ‘soups’ and ‘stews’. 1981 N. J. Crisp Festival xi. 260 Vincent Consel said to his editor, ‘I detect the faint aroma of stinking fish.’ < as lemmas |
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