finnan haddock

/ ˈfɪnən; ˈhædɪ /

noun

C18: finnan after Findon , a village in Scotland south of Aberdeen + haddock

Finnan-haddock, fin′an-had′uk, n. a kind of smoked haddock, esp.

I nearly got a prize, but I put 'snake-skin' down for one, and it was really a piece of the skin of a finnan-haddock.

To think that he could have other fish for breakfast than finnan haddock, and other vegetables in winter than cabbage!

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