pickle-herring

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pickle-herring

noun pickle-herrings · pickle-herring

  1. countable, obsolete, uncountable herring preserved in brine; pickled herring. 'Tis a Gentleman heere. A plague o'these pickle herring: How now Sot.
  2. countable, obsolete, uncountable A buffoon. hee had fed to his dying day on fat Capons, burnt sack and Suger, and not so desperately have ventur'de his life, and shortend his dayes by keeping company with pickle herrings

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@misc{pickle_herring_2026,
  title = {pickle-herring},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pickle-herring},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}