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Digby|ˈdɪgbɪ|
[The name of a seaport of Nova Scotia.]
A dried or cured herring of a type caught at Digby. In full Digby chicken or Digby chick.
1829G. Head Forest Scenes Wilds N. Amer. 40 A small species of herring... They are extremely delicate, and are salted in great quantities every year. They have gained the nick-name of Digby chickens. 1862Chambers's Encycl. III. 557/2 A variety of small herrings or pilchards, which are smoked and dried for export; they have a high flavour, and are known in trade as Digbies. 1883,1887[see chick n.1 4]. 1958Encycl. Canadiana III. 267/1 Digby is noted..for fish, including cured herrings known as ‘Digby chickens’. |