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fish cake

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

Origin of fish cake

First recorded in 1850–55
Also called fish ball.
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British Dictionary definitions for fishcake

fishcake

noun
  1. a fried ball of flaked fish mixed with mashed potatoes
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