noun
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Also called: pogy. any of various sparid fishes, many of which occur in American Atlantic waters See also scup sheepshead
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any of various similar or related fishes
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Etymology
Origin of porgy
First recorded in 1715–25; porg(o), variant of pargo, or from Spanish or Portuguese, from Latin pag(a)rus kind of fish, from Greek págros, variant of phágros ) + -y 2
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Most of the porgy on the market weighs about one pound, though DeMasco says he regularly sells fish as big as two pounds.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2019
"Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy."
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2017
“We’ll be back to steakhouses again,” she lamented over bialy with onion jam and trout roe and whole stuffed porgy with pistachio rice, both well prepared if overly ample.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2017
Olympiadis mainly catches dusky grouper, white seabream, and red porgy.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 11, 2016
“We’ve got the porgy crew licked––that’s the stuff,” came from the skipper.
From The Seiners by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
Similarly, bright-eyed, silver-skinned porgies — usually among the least expensive options at the fish counter — deserve more attention than they get.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
The fishing was better there, anyway: Trump and his buddies fished all day long, hauling in fluke, weakfish, and porgies, while beachgoers admired the boat from afar.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 18, 2019
DeMasco shrugs again and hands me four of the freshest porgies you could ever hope to cook.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2019
Four stocks were added to the “overfishing” category: gray triggerfish and greater amberjack from the Gulf of Mexico, and various scups, porgies and wrasses from Puerto Rico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2015
Fresh porgies, dipped in egg, a little cornmeal and flour, and fried in a big pot of hot grease till they were golden brown and crispy on the edges.
From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome
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