herring-pondn.
humorous.
The sea or ocean, esp. the North Atlantic ocean.
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the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic
herring-pond1686
1686 J. Dunton Lett. from New Eng. (1867) 19 I'le send an account of the wonders I meet on the Great Herring-Pond.
1689 in Harl. Misc. (1746) VIII. 603/1 My sometime Friends and Allies on the other Side of the Herring-pond.
1729 J. Gay Polly i. i. 2 How little are our customs known on this side the herring-pond!
1824 New Monthly Mag. 10 498 We hired a boat to cross the herring pond Which intersects great Britain and fair France.
1861 Mrs. H. Wood East Lynne I. ii. ii. 317 I'd send them over the herring-pond if I could.
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