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fish cake
or fish·cake
[ fish-keyk ]
/ ˈfɪʃ ˌkeɪk /
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noun
a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt cod or whitefish, and mashed or grated potato, bread crumbs, or flour.
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Also called fish ball [fish-bawl] /ˈfɪʃ ˌbɔl/ .
Origin of fish cake
First recorded in 1850–55
Words nearby fish cake
fish-and-chip shop, fish-bellied, fishbolt, fishbone fern, fishbowl, fish cake, fish crow, fish culture, fish doctor, fish duck, fish eagle
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How to use fish cake in a sentence
Good cold water, bread and molasses, with the occasional luxury of a salt-fish cake, suffice to keep soul and body together.
I went indoors and, after a short consultation with Harriet, came out again carrying a small round fish-cake on a spoon.
British Dictionary definitions for fish cake
fishcake
/ (ˈfɪʃˌkeɪk) /
noun
a fried ball of flaked fish mixed with mashed potatoes
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