white salmon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of white salmon
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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There’s white salmon ragu and English peas in the center, and the fried rice pyramid is served over a tart Meyer lemon sauce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2016
One day he drove an open car on an exploring trip past Puget Sound inlets, where white salmon trollers and log booms lay moored.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the other hand, it is conceivable that Virginia boats caught "white salmon" in the Atlantic Ocean.
From The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia by Wharton, James
For example, though no "white salmon" are known in Virginia, it is possible that Smith referred to a fish that merely resembled a salmon without belonging to that family.
From The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia by Wharton, James
Varieties which the colonists soon learned to eat included sheepshead, shad, sturgeon, herring, sole, white salmon, bass, flounder, pike, bream, perch, rock, and drum, as well as oysters, crabs, and mussels.
From New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America by Cotter, John L.
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