Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An English name of a species of shad, Alosa vulgaris. See
Alosa .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The European shad (
Clupea vulgaris ); allice shad. Seealose .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun European shad
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Examples
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It would be sooooo much easier to just rent one of those little allice in wonderland dresses that EVERY costume shop always seems to have.
madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2001
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The first is the shad, a herring-like fish of which two species, allice and twaite
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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For something to think about consult thewww. allice-miller.com website.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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Had a record ooo, real vinyl! growin up, which had both “allice”s, set to moosic when appropriate. dat’s teh song i’m lookin 4….
bad manners owl - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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What the little waking dream revealed to me was that INSTEAD of the little allice in wonderland dress I had been planning to go under the FABULOUS crushed red velvet cape edged in wide satin red ribbon and lined with red moire silk; [Did I mention I'm a bit of a seamstress?}
madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2001
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In reality the word _elft_ has nothing to do with _eleven_, for _elft_ = Fr. _alose_ or Eng. _allice_.]
Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 Jasper Danckaerts 1898
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