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

  • 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

  • However I haven't been back in a while, and it did tend to be sadly underpopulated even at peak times. chavender wrote:

    London SE1 community website 2009

  • However I haven't been back in a while, and it did tend to be sadly underpopulated even at peak times. chavender wrote:

    London SE1 community website 2009

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  • The word chubby originates from "The chub" which is an alternative word for this kind of fish. Heard this on QI.

    May 4, 2011