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fish joint

British

noun

a connection formed by fishplates at the meeting point of two rails, beams, etc, as on a railway

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fish joint

It consists usually of soup, fish, joint, or game, cheese, and half-a-pint of any wine he chooses to select.

From Oscar Wilde by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell

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