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sailor's-choice

American  
[sey-lerz-chois] / ˈseɪ lərzˈtʃɔɪs /

noun

plural

sailor's-choice

  1. any of several fishes living in waters along the Atlantic coast of the United States, especially a pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, ranging from Massachusetts to Texas, and a grunt, Haemulon parrai, ranging from Florida to Brazil.

sailor's-choice British  

noun

  1. 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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Etymology

Origin of sailor's-choice

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

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