frigate mackerel

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noun

a small, blue-green, black-striped fish, Auxis thazard, abundant in tropical seas, having dark, oily flesh that is sometimes used as food.

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Origin of frigate mackerel

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby frigate mackerel

frieze, friezing, frig, frigate, frigate bird, frigate mackerel, Frigg, frigging, fright, frighten, frightened

How to use frigate mackerel in a sentence

He was wearing a dress to get back in the rumbles with the rich mackerel-snappers who went to all-boys St. Francis Assisi.
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Kelvin remembered wrapping mackerel in them and eating them wild with seasoning.
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In March 2010 a North Korean submarine, without cause, torpedoed the Cheonan, a South Korean frigate.
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The "Kingfish" popularized the catch phrase "Holy Mackerel!"
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Mayo does advise that pregnant women avoid swordfish, king mackerel, shark, and tile fish.
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The Portuguese frigate Cine captured by the Algerines, after a smart action.
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Desperate engagement between an Algerine cruiser of 18 guns, well manned, and a Corsican frigate of 26 nine and twelve pounders.
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He therefore fitted five out of near thirty small prizes to accompany him, and built a galley frigate to land with.
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Governor Letcher of Virginia ordered that this ship be raised and be converted into an effective, usable frigate.
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Not far away from the sloop could be seen plainly that tiny chop-sea which is caused by the breaking of a school of mackerel.
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