fish flake
noun
a platform for drying fish.
Words nearby fish flake
fish culture, fish doctor, fish duck, fish eagle, fish farm, fish flake, fish flour, fish for, fish fork, fish fry, fish geranium
Origin of fish flake
An Americanism dating back to 1760–70
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Examples from the Web for fish flake
Then the bridegroom was ordered to go to ploughing, and the bride was sent to the fish-flake.
Time passed on, and Chloe went her rounds, from house-service to the field, and from field-service to the fish-flake.
British Dictionary definitions for fish flake
fish flake
noun
Canadian a platform on which fish are dried
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