sailor's-choice
[ sey-lerz-chois ]
Origin of sailor's-choice
1An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Words Nearby sailor's-choice
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British Dictionary definitions for sailor's-choice
sailor's-choice
noun
any of various small percoid fishes of American coastal regions of the Atlantic, esp the grunt Haemulon parra and the pinfish
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