fresh-run
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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And all the while Tom was swimming about in the river, with a pretty little lace collar of gills about his neck, as lively as a grig, and as clean as a fresh-run salmon.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
Forty-eight pounds, full measure, the record salmon of the river—a deep thickset fish, whose gleaming silver sides and sharp teeth proved him fresh-run from the sea!
From Days Off And Other Digressions by Van Dyke, Henry
In her right hand the woman carried a large tin bucket, half filled with fresh-run maple-sap.
From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Bull, Charles Livingston
Imagine hundreds of lakes whose waters, fresh-run from snow-field and glacier, brilliantly reflect the odd surrounding landscape.
From The Book of the National Parks by Yard, Robert Sterling
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