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green fish

American  

plural noun

Newfoundland.
  1. fish that have been split and salted but not yet cured.


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Instead of legs, she had a green fish tail.

From Washington Post Sep. 15, 2022

So: nettle sandwiches, huckleberry hand pies, sardine pâté with fennel pollen and a pretty great recipe for green fish stew, which turns out to be pan-fried fish in a chile-spiked purée of tomatillos and green aromatics.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2016

A glass of water, decorated with orange and green fish, stands on the table beside a box of tissues.

From The New Yorker May 20, 2013

A small, dark green fish with dusky bands, the climbing perch inhabits Far Eastern estuaries and rivers.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of these was one year when they were paying 8s. per cwt. for the green fish; and the other was the past year, when they were also paying 8s.

From Second Shetland Truck System Report by William Guthrie

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