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bloater|ˈbləʊtə(r)| [f. bloat a.1 + -er: app. like the vulgar deader, liver, four-wheeler.] A ‘bloat’ or bloated herring: see bloat a.1, v.1
1832S. Tymms Family Topogr. III. 142 Herrings, at Yarmouth where the method of curing is unrivalled, called ‘Yarmouth bloaters.’ 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. II. iv. 97 He had been breakfasting on a bloater. 1882Buckland Notes Anim. Life 202 Real Yarmouth bloaters are herrings very slightly salted, and smoked for three or four hours only. |