单词 | rabble fish |
释义 | > as lemmasrabble fish 4. English regional and slang. In full rabble fish. The worthless or least valuable fish of a catch; unsaleable fish. ΚΠ 1691 T. Heyrick Misc. Poems 105 The ignoble lesser Fry, The Rabble of the watry Clime, Not worth a Fisher's Time. 1854 Notes & Queries 9 419/1 Rabble-fish..means the common, not valued, or properly rejected and thrown aside, and so are not carried to market... The rabble-fish..are perfectly wholesome, and are therefore the food of the fisherman and his family, but yet are not sufficiently esteemed to be sold in the market. 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 335 Things are altered now, much of this rabble-fish going to Billingsgate and other large inland markets. 1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 93/2 Rabble fish. Unmarketable or inedible fish, e.g., dog-fish, ray, etc. 1963 R. M. Nance & P. A. S. Pool Gloss. Cornish Sea-Words 133 Rabble, unsaleable fish. < as lemmas |
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