Definition of Smoked herring

1. Noun. A dried and smoked herring having a reddish color.

Exact synonyms: Red Herring
Generic synonyms: Herring

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smoked Herring

smoke tests
smoke tower
smoke tree
smoke up
smoke wagon
smoke wagons
smokeability
smokeable
smokeasies
smokeasy
smokebox
smokebushes
smoked
smoked haddock
smoked herring (current term)
smoked mackerel
smoked meat
smoked pole
smoked salmon
smoked salmons
smokeeasy
smokefall
smokefalls
smokefree
smokehouse
smokehouses
smokejack
smokejacks
smokejumper

Literary usage of Smoked herring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 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)
"I estimate the amount of smoked herring cured at Grand Manan at 400000 boxes. ... A. Yes; in addition to the smoked herring business at Grand Manan, ..."

2. Report on the Principal Fisheries of the American Seas by Lorenzo Sabine (1853)
"... and high prices for their commodities when offered for sale. smoked herring as do those of Digby, and obtain prices to correspond with the quality. ..."

3. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1892)
"prices prevailed for all kinds of fish and the market is in a healthy state; but the smoked herring market seems continually glutted, keeping prices and ..."

4. A History of the New England Fisheries: With Maps by Raymond McFarland (1911)
"These firms "employed 238 men; used 18900 bushels of salt; cured 18000 quintals of fish and 3500 boxes of smoked herring; put up 12000 barrels of pickled ..."

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