tin fish
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tin fish
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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A submarine needed only 15 seconds to let go with a "tin fish."
From Time Magazine Archive
They associated painful shocks with the tin fish, and they associated the tin fish with the large live trout.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the current turned off, they swam about at random, brushing the wires and the tin fish.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the pursuing U.S. destroyer Duncan nimble fingers adjusted a torpedo director, sent a tin fish on its way.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Then I guess we can go after him any time,” Case chuckled, “because he’s heading for that eating house with the tin fish sign in front of it.”
From The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel by Gordon, Harry
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