Bismarck herring

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noun

salted fillet and roe of herring, pickled in vinegar, white wine, and spices, served cold, often as an hors d'oeuvre.

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Origin of Bismarck herring

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby Bismarck herring

Biskra, Bisley, bismanol, Bismarck, Bismarck Archipelago, Bismarck herring, Bismarckian, Bismarck, Otto von, bismillah, bismuth, bismuth chromate

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How to use Bismarck herring in a sentence

Koenig makes a big deal out of this call and frames it as a massive red herring.
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Nevertheless, Brian Rogers, a McCain aide pushed back against UANI, calling the Rio Tinto-Iran connection “a red herring.”
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The usher is from the Bismarck Food Service, wearing a blue Bismarck jersey, carrying a Bismarck bucket filled with soft drinks.
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This can easily be mistaken for a kipper, the smoked herring that is on the breakfast menus of many British hotels.
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“All the recent notoriety is just an added bonus to the fact that we are doing what we love,” says Herring.
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During the other seasons there are other kinds of fish, but at that time it was the Herring season.
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He forgets, you see, that he possessed an unusual constitution, and the temperament of a Norwegian herring.
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The Judge inquired if that was the sole object of the plaintiff, or was it not rather baiting with a sprat to catch a herring?
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There are an extensive mackerel and herring fishery, and motor engineering works.
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But we have to discuss the red-herring, not of the artful politician, anxious to dodge his hearers, but of the breakfast-table.
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British Dictionary definitions for Bismarck herring

Bismarck herring

noun

marinaded herring, served cold

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