haddock
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haddock,
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haddocks
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a North Atlantic food fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the cod family.
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the rosefish, Sebastes marinus.
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Etymology
Origin of haddock
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English haddok; see -ock
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British colonists transformed khichuri into their own dish, called kedgeree, swapping out lentils for boiled eggs and smoked haddock.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
Servings of cod or haddock were sold for between £4 and £6.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
Under the heat lamps of the serving counter his team of chefs are busy carving a chunk of crispy pork belly, plating haddock fishcakes and replenishing huge bowls of new potatoes and roasted carrots.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2024
Of the species the researchers tested for PFAS, shrimp, haddock, and salmon were consumed by more than 70% of the adults who ate seafood once a month or more.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2024
Her prey was not herring, but dinner: a nice halibut, a tasty haddock, or even a scrumptious sole would do.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Cleethorpes-based fishing concern Grimsby Town became synonymous with inflatable haddocks, while the local gastronomic specialty of Bury was celebrated with the waving of air-filled black puddings.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2010
"What are ye for the day, your honour?" she said, or rather screamed, to Oldbuck; "caller haddocks and whitings—a bannock-fluke and a cock-padle."
From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Sir Walter Scott
Two-bobbing for haddocks in Kensington is sport enough for most of us.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 20, 1917 by Sir Owen Seaman
Cod, codlings, skate, thornback, haddocks, soles, whitings, herrings come in full season, salmon, smelts, flounders, pike, perch, carp, tench, eels, lampreys, oysters, cockles, muscles, crawfish, prawns, and shrimps.
From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury
Salmon trout, as it is usually called, haddocks, or large whitings are carved in the same way.
From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by George Routledge
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