fish cake

noun

a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt codfish, and mashed potato.

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Also called fish ball.

Origin of fish cake

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby fish cake

fischer-dieskau, fischer-tropsch process, fish, fish and brewis, fish and chips, fish cake, fish crow, fish culture, fish doctor, fish duck, fish eagle
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British Dictionary definitions for fishcake

fishcake
/ (ˈfɪʃˌkeɪk) /

noun

a fried ball of flaked fish mixed with mashed potatoes
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