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Definition of Pogies
1. pogy [n] - See also: pogy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pogies
Literary usage of Pogies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1883)
"2's, but are >fa, different school from the mackerel caught last year. , pogies
are abundant in Boston Bay. Five barrels have been taken in ;lie traps at ..."
2. Award of the Fishery Commission: Documents and Proceedings of the Halifax by Maurice Delfosse, Ensign Hosmer Kellogg, Alexander Tilloch Galt, United States Dept. of State (1878)
"A. They very often use herring and sometimes pogies. Q. Are herring caught there ?
— A. Yes ; there is quite a lot of herring taken. ..."
3. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1878)
"Then we take these pogies and put them four inches thick ; then about the same
... Q. What is the depth of pogies you put on?—A. About four inches. ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1880)
"An old mackerel fisherman thus describes the difference in the habits of the
mackerel and menhaden: "pogies school differently from mackerel; the pogy slaps ..."
5. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1862)
"A more important fertilizer is found in the migratory sort of fish which swarm
on the coast, such as menhaden, commonly called pogies or hard heads, ..."
6. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1878)
"It would not pay to send down to American waters to fish for pogies for the ...
Q. Where do they buy pogies?—A, They generally buy them on the island, ..."
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