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  • pollock
    pollock
    noun
    a North Atlantic food fish, Pollachius virens, of the cod family.
  • Pollock
    Pollock
    noun
    Sir Frederick, 1845–1937, English legal scholar and author.

pollock

1 American  
[pol-uhk] / ˈpɒl ək /

noun

Chiefly British.
pollocks, plural pollock plural
  1. Also called saithe.  a North Atlantic food fish, Pollachius virens, of the cod family.

  2. pollack.


Pollock 2 American  
[pol-uhk] / ˈpɒl ək /

noun

  1. Sir Frederick, 1845–1937, English legal scholar and author.

  2. Jackson, 1912–56, U.S. painter.


Pollock British  
/ ˈpɒlək /

noun

  1. Sir Frederick. 1845–1937, English legal scholar: with Maitland, he wrote History of English Law before the Time of Edward I (1895)

  2. Jackson. 1912–56, US abstract expressionist painter; chief exponent of action painting in the US

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of pollock

Variant of pollack

Example Sentences

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POLLOCK, General; arrives in Peshawur; at Jellalabad; his qualifications; his work; the rescue and retribution; contrast between Nott and; arrives at Cabul; punishment of Cabul.

From The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 by Forbes, Archibald

POLLOCK, is an interesting but somewhat discursive novel.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 2, 1891 by Various

POLLOCK, Sir F., transmission of variegated leaves in Ballota nigra. -on local tendency to variegation.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles

POLLOCK, JAMES. remarks of, 74, 272, 275, 344, 370, 400, 449. amendment by, 370.

From A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene)

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