muttonfish
AmericanEtymology
Origin of muttonfish
1725–35, mutton 1 + fish, so called for its muttonlike taste
Example Sentences
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“When I was about your age, I stood right here and watched him catch a fourteen-pound muttonfish off the wings of a stingray.”
From Literature
“Paine, you ’member that big muttonfish I caught here?” he asked my father.
From Literature
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