tin fish
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tin fish
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Out of the darkness darted a flotilla of speedy, 679-ton torpedo boats, charging in close to loose a shoal of their tin fish.
From Time Magazine Archive
At least one tin fish got home, struck her fairly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Little by little, each class of troutlets learned to stay as far as possible from the tin fish hanging inside the ring.
From Time Magazine Archive
A watcher shouts, 'Stand by for torpedo,' and the tin fish is streaking directly for us.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had scooped a hole in the sand, lined it with clay, filled it with sea-water, and stocked it with his shining tin fish.
From The Nursery, No. 103, July, 1875. Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers by Various
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