fish tank
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of fish tank
First recorded in 1880-85
Example Sentences
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American Honey, the latest from Fish Tank and Red Road writer-director Andrea Arnold, is set in a similarly harsh world, where poverty whittles the available joys down to a small menu.
From The Verge • Sep. 9, 2016
JC: I was going to say that after her movie "Fish Tank," some people worried if she was box-office poisson.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2016
Early on, however, Fassbender took care to associate himself with high-end, marquee directors: he played smallish parts in Fish Tank, for Andrea Arnold, and in Inglourious Basterds for Quentin Tarantino.
From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2015
Compared with the dire conditions found in Faridpur and Reynosa, the women who work at the Fish Tank have almost middle-class lives.
From Salon • May 18, 2012
Fish Tank director Andrea Arnold was also behind a recent adaptation of Wuthering Heights "All 22 films in the official selection were written, happy coincidence, by 22 men."
From BBC • May 16, 2012
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