Poor-john
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Poor-john is a noun meaning A small European fish, of inferior quality to the cod.
Meaning
A small European fish, of inferior quality to the cod.
More Meanings
- Salted and dried hake.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- poor-johns
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include codling, codlet, codfisher, codfish, fish, codfisherman.
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