bloater

American  

[bloh-ter] / ˈbloʊ tər /

noun

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

2. a mackerel similarly cured.

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

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bloater British  

/ ˈbləʊtə /

noun

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

2. slang a fat or greedy person

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Etymology

Origin of bloater

1825–35; bloat (adj.) + -er ¹

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Example Sentences

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bloater

‘Come and look at ’em! here’s toasters!’ bellows one with a Yarmouth bloater stuck on a toasting-fork.

From The Guardian ● May 8, 2017

"Tell me now," said Royal Edward, grave with interest, "when is a bloater a kipper?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Funds low with yours truly, my bloater, no chances of getting about.

From Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour by Various

At the end of the recital the bloater paste was produced again, and Chimp again ate heartily.

From The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

A poor woman at Halifax talking of her husband, said he had tried everything—he had been a churchman, then a Wesleyan, then a Baptist, and now he was a Yarmouth bloater.

From Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How by Frederick Douglas How

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