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pickle-herring

noun

Definitions

  1. A herring preserved in brine

    A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring.

    • 'Tis a Gentleman heere. A plague o'these pickle herring: How now Sot.

  2. A buffoon.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA