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Definition of Bloater
1. Noun. Large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked.
Definition of Bloater
1. n. The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also bloat herring.
Definition of Bloater
1. Noun. (British) A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel. ¹
2. Noun. (North America) A freshwater fish native to the Great Lakes; the species Coregonus hoyi. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bloater
1. a smoked herring [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloater
Literary usage of Bloater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"... bloater, a prepared herring. (Scand.) A bloater is a cured fish, cured by
smoke- but formerly a 'soaked' fish. ..."
2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"... In England a BILLINGSGATE PHEASANT is a. fresh herring ; whilst a Yarmouth
bloater is sometimes a TWO-EYED STEAK. CINDER, tuts, (common). ..."
3. The Various Writings of Cornelius Mathews by Cornelius Mathews (1863)
"But, gentlemen," continued Mr. bloater, when the enthusiasm had a little abated,
sink- | ing his voice to an awful whisper, " there's a secret I've got to ..."
4. One Hundred Picnic Suggestions by Linda Hull Larned (1915)
"bloater or Anchovy Sandwiches Mix anchovy or bloater paste with the yolks of
hard-boiled eggs, moisten with thick cream, season with cayenne, ..."
5. Fifty Years of My Life in the World of Sport at Home and Abroad by John Dugdale Astley (1894)
"Stirling Crawfurd—Sefton's Derby—A Moderate Horse—Buy Drumhead—Brogden the
Jockey—The bloater in Trouble— Gretton and Isonomy—He Wins the Cambridgeshire—Mr. ..."
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