kipper
noun
a fish, especially a herring, that has been cured by splitting, salting, drying, and smoking.
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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After dinner, we had kippered herring and some meat stew à l'Irlandaise, we were sitting near the open oven.
From Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated by James P. Smythe