Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fish otherwise called the chub or cheven.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The chub.
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- noun A
chub . (fish)
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Examples
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Even Walton, who gives instructions for cooking a chavender or chub, is discreetly silent on the cooking of a dace, though he tells us how to catch him.
From a Cornish Window A New Edition Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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However I haven't been back in a while, and it did tend to be sadly underpopulated even at peak times. chavender wrote:
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However I haven't been back in a while, and it did tend to be sadly underpopulated even at peak times. chavender wrote:
timonti commented on the word chavender
The word chubby originates from "The chub" which is an alternative word for this kind of fish. Heard this on QI.
May 4, 2011