caplin
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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.
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The dog happened to be down at the shore, forlornly searching for sculpins and caplin.
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The first manifestation of the annual visit is the arrival of enormous schools of caplin, a little silvery fish some seven inches long that invades the bays and 98 the open sea.
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Our folk were waiting for the bait-skiff, which had long been gone for caplin, skippered, this time, by the fool of Twist Tickle.
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The squid or cuttle, herrings, caplin, any meat, or even a false fish of bright tin or pewter.
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