Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A corruption of margate-fish.
- noun A marketable fish; specifically, a codfish weighing from six to twelve pounds, suitable, in a fresh state, for ordinary markets.
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Examples
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The salted mullet is the popular market-fish with the back-country people, though the red-fish is by far the finer for table use.
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