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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring..
'Tis a Gentleman heere. A plague o'these pickle herring: How now Sot.
The first who made the experiment was a merry-andrew, who was put into my hands by a neighbouring justice of peace, in order to reclaim him from that profligate kind of life. Poor Pickle-herring had not taken above one turn in it, when he came out of the cave, like a hermit from his cell, with a penitential look and a most rueful countenance.
Use pickle-herring when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pickle-herring means (obsolete) A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
'Tis a Gentleman heere. A plague o'these pickle herring: How now Sot.
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