What does poor-john mean?
Poor-john means A small European fish, of inferior quality to the cod..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A small European fish, of inferior quality to the cod..
Poor-john and apple pies are all our fare.
What have we here? a man or a fish? dead or / alive? A fish: he smells like a fish: a very ancient and / fish-like smell; a kind of not of the newest Poor-John.
[I]f you ſcape vvith life, and take a fagot boat, and a bottle of Vſquebaugh, come home poore men, like a type of Theames Street ſtinking of pitch and poore Iohn.
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Poor-john means A small European fish, of inferior quality to the cod..
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Poor-john and apple pies are all our fare.
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