bloater
Americannoun
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a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
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a mackerel similarly cured.
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a freshwater cisco, Coregonus hoyi, found in the Great Lakes.
noun
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a herring, or sometimes a mackerel, that has been salted in brine, smoked, and cured
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slang a fat or greedy person
Etymology
Origin of bloater
1825–35; bloat (adj.) + -er 1
Example Sentences
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‘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
He had a bloater and some bread-and-butter, and a cup of coffee, and there was not much change left in his pocket after that.
From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard
"Well, the boy shall eat it then," said the skipper, "Eat that bloater, boy, and I'll give you sixpence."
From More Cargoes 1897 by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)
Sam Cash, for instance, had lost a bloater.
From A Child of the Jago by Morrison, Arthur
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