bloater

[bloh-ter]

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noun

a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.

a mackerel similarly cured.

a freshwater cisco, Coregonus hoyi, found in the Great Lakes.

Origin of bloater

1825–35; bloat (adj.) + -er¹

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Related Words for bloater

oversize, bag, balloon, belly, bilge, billow, bloat, blob, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, extrude, jut, massive, overhang, poke, pouch, protrude, protuberate

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Historical Examples of bloater

The bloater was left to waste its sweetness on the morning air.
The Nebuly Coat
John Meade Falkner
The Bloater cut the cord that bound Phil Sparks, and darted from the room.
Life in the Red Brigade
R.M. Ballantyne
Wirtoo,” observed the Bloater, sententiously, “is its own reward.
Life in the Red Brigade
R.M. Ballantyne
But the Bloater and Little Jim were not thus to be got rid of.
Life in the Red Brigade
R.M. Ballantyne
Here the Bloater laid his hand on his heart and made a courtly bow.
Life in the Red Brigade
R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for bloater

bloater

noun

a herring, or sometimes a mackerel, that has been salted in brine, smoked, and cured

British slang a fat or greedy person

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