haddock
noun
a North Atlantic food fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the cod family.
haddocks
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pluralof haddock.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Cleethorpes-based fishing concern Grimsby Town became synonymous with inflatable haddocks, while the local gastronomic specialty of Bury was celebrated with the waving of air-filled black puddings.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2010
The young girls salted herrings, and cried haddocks in small baskets through the village and the adjoining burghs, and Sarah contrived still to keep up a cart for country service.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
Salt herrings and finnan haddocks were produced along with the hot water and accompaniments; and I presume it was rather late before my host conducted me to my chamber.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various
A coast term meaning four, as applied to haddocks, herrings, &c.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
After which the Senatus Academicus sat down 306 to rough plenty in the shape of rizzar’d haddocks and mustard, a sheep’s head, a haggis, and other delicacies of Scotland.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
