Definitions

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  • noun Scotland lumpfish

Etymologies

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Uncertain.

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Examples

  • ` ` How much for the bannock-fluke and cock-padle? '' demanded the Antiquary.

    The Antiquary 1845

  • ` ` Well, Maggie, I'll bid you fair --- I'll bid you a shilling for the fluke and the cock-padle, or sixpence separately --- and if all your fish are as well paid, I think your man, as you call him, and your sons, will make a good voyage. ''

    The Antiquary 1845

  • "Well, Maggie, I'll bid you fair -- I'll bid you a shilling for the fluke and the cock-padle, or sixpence separately -- and if all your fish are as well paid, I think your man, as you call him, and your sons, will make a good voyage."

    The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • "How much for the bannock-fluke and cock-padle?" demanded the Antiquary.

    The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • "How much for the bannock-fluke and cock-padle?" demanded the Antiquary.

    The Antiquary — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801

  • "Well, Maggie, I'll bid you fair -- I'll bid you a shilling for the fluke and the cock-padle, or sixpence separately -- and if all your fish are as well paid, I think your man, as you call him, and your sons, will make a good voyage."

    The Antiquary — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801

  • “How much for the bannock-fluke and cock-padle?” demanded the Antiquary.

    The Antiquary 1584

  • “caller haddocks and whitings — a bannock-fluke and a cock-padle.”

    The Antiquary 1584

  • “Well, Maggie, I’ll bid you fair — I’ll bid you a shilling for the fluke and the cock-padle, or sixpence separately — and if all your fish are as well paid, I think your man, as you call him, and your sons, will make a good voyage.”

    The Antiquary 1584

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