caplin
Americannoun
noun
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Ltd. has a tour that takes in coves where, in summer, shoals of the glistening caplin strike, and where dorymen with multi-hooked jiggers catch squid for bait for the Grand Banks fishing fleet.
From Time Magazine Archive
We were at tea in Aunt Amanda’s cottage; the table was spread with dried caplin, bread and butter, and tea, for Aunt Amanda, the Scotsman who was of the harbour, and me.
From Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman by Duncan, Norman
Every day and night the tide ebbed and flowed, and every tide left its contribution in windrows of dead herring and caplin, with scattered crabs and mussels for a relish, like plums in a pudding.
From Northern Trails, Book I. by Long, William Joseph
Herring and caplin had long since drifted away into unknown depths, where the tides flowed endlessly over them and brought never a one ashore.
From Northern Trails, Book I. by Long, William Joseph
The caplin last six weeks and disappear, to be superseded in August by the squid, of which the cod are very fond.
From The Harbor of Doubt by Gage, George W.
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