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单词 stinking fish
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stinking fish
stinking fish n.
Brit. /ˌstɪŋkɪŋ ˈfɪʃ/
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U.S. /ˌstɪŋkɪŋ ˈfɪʃ/
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West African English /ˌstiŋkin ˈfiʃ/
(a) in allusion to the phr. to cry stinking fish at cry v. 5b(b): something worthless or rotten; (b) Ghana (see quot. 1973).
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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.’
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