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II. iv.51 (262,6) [two cods] For _cods_ it would be more like sense to read _peas_, which having the shape of pearls, resembled the common presents of lovers.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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How could anyone that dumb have the cods to show her face in public?
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I must say I question Republican cods–if they merely win, what will it profit?
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It looks ridiculous in the cozy neighborhood of sweet little baby boom ranches and cape cods!
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Really, Susan, from you I expect a more rigorous intellectual analysis this treacly old cods-wallop!
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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Lamb associates with cod's head: nor has it on the other hand that fine falling off flakiness, that obsequious peeling off (as it were like a sea onion) which endears your cods head & shoulders to some appetites, that manly firmness combined with a sort of womanish coming-in-pieces which the same cods head
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Catch composition is dominated by 3 groups: herrings, sardines and anchovies (42%), pelagic fishes (28%), and cods, hakes and haddocks.
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The most important species group in terms of shelf catches are pelagic fishes, representing on average 52% of the total catch, and cods, hakes and haddocks, representing more than 30% of the catch.
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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 10-year trend (1990-1999, click on graph to enlarge) shows a marked decrease of gadiformes (cods, hakes and haddocks) catches in the early 1990s leading to the cod collapse of 1993-1994.
Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf large marine ecosystem 2008
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The most important species group in terms of shelf catches are pelagic fishes, representing 51% of the total catch, and cods, hakes and haddocks, representing 25% of the catch.
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"'Have you not heard of orchitis? Of the swelling of the cods that may follow mumps?'
"'Not I,' said Graham, his smile fading.
"'Nor had my messmates,' said Stephen, 'though the Dear knows it is one of the not unusual sequelae of cynanche parotidaea, and one of real consequence to men....'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 228
February 14, 2008