houting

British

/ ˈhaʊtɪŋ /

noun

a European whitefish, Coregonus oxyrhynchus, that lives in salt water but spawns in freshwater lakes: a valued food fish

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Etymology

Origin of houting

C19: from Dutch, from Middle Dutch houtic, of uncertain origin

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Still a houting to Bolton ain't bad when the charry-bang's well loaded up With swell seven-and-sixpence-a-headers.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 15, 1892 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand

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