Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fish of the genus Pollachius.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A marine gadoid food fish of Europe (Pollachius virens). Called also greenfish, greenling, lait, leet, lob, lythe, and whiting pollack.
  • noun The American pollock; the coalfish.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative spelling of pollock.
  • verb Alternative spelling of pollock.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish
  • noun important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod
  • noun United States filmmaker (born in 1934)

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Examples

  • However, I am not happy to choose Colin (aka pollack) over delicious, snow-white, firm-flaked cod.

    BlogCymru.com Bill Walden-Jones 2010

  • Grant Bovey and Anthea Turner enter Hell's Kitchen just months after losing up to £100m in the property crash Marketing gurus re-name pollack to boost sales ... and call it COLIN

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • The humble pollack, which is close to a slang word for testicles, will be sold by Sainsbury's as "colin" - pronounced "co-lan," and French for the closely related hake - with packaging inspired by artist Jackson Pollock.

    unknown title 2009

  • There's a link between two of the most absurd stories of the last few days - Sainsbury's attempt to get us to call pollack Colin (pronounced co-lan), and McBride / Draper's efforts to smear the Tories.

    Libertarian Blog Place 2009

  • On jokes and language: my problem with both the joke and the language is the come from a place where those with disability are "other", and thus are known only for their stereotypes, in this case a epileptic instead of a 'pollack' joke.

    Linguistically disabled? Kay Olson 2007

  • Still looking for those "pollack" numbers, though, that the 3:25 a.m. poster referenced.

    The Straw Man and Prop R 2006

  • Among the most vital feedback received so far is the advice that I should be calling "pollack"

    BlogCymru.com Bill Walden-Jones 2010

  • So now "pollack", which is close to a slang word for testicles will be called "colin" which is not close to any word that resembles a body part, apparently darkhorse23: shiat, that's one of my grandkid's names

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • Brussels wants to impose the same type of quota curbs in force against commercial fishermen to protect endangered species such as pollack, ling and even cod.

    Fishupdate.com 2009

  • Originally, this blog entry was to be titled "What I did on my Christmas Vacation," and the video was going to showcase me and my buddies banging ling, cod, and pollack in the frosty seas off New Jersey.

    The Worst Fishing Video Ever 2009

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