finnan haddie
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of finnan haddie
1805–15; literally, haddock of Findhorn, fishing port in Scotland; see -ie
Example Sentences
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The Condemnation Commissioner went to have a look at the squalor-stricken old houses, where finnan haddie has been smoked for the past 150 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
I’ve got to know what’s on the other side before I touch one mouthful of that finnan haddie you promised me for breakfast.”
From Leerie by Ruth Sawyer
Why, I always loved the perfume of finnan haddie.
From The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle by Katherine Stokes
To bake a finnan haddie, wash it in warm water and put it to soak in fresh warm water.
From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Chicken or mutton, beef or venison, finnan haddie or brook trout, eggs or oysters thus “sauced,” taste all alike—sauce!
From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Joseph Dommers Vehling
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