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  • noun Plural form of pilchard.

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Examples

  • Its Icelandic line-caught haddock will add to other successful products including Cornish sardines once known as pilchards and its Basics range of pollock fishfingers.

    Sharp rise in sustainable seafood products on sale in UK 2012

  • Now a cry sounded, as of a man calling pilchards in a main street.

    Jacob's Room 2004

  • Portugal, Italy, and the Plantations; but especially they are great traders to Newfoundland, and from thence to Spain and Italy, with fish; and they drive a good trade also in their own fishery of pilchards, which is hereabouts carried on with the greatest number of vessels of any port in the west, except Falmouth.

    From London to Land's End 2003

  • Portugal, Italy, and the Plantations; but especially they are great traders to Newfoundland, and from thence to Spain and Italy, with fish; and they drive a good trade also in their own fishery of pilchards, which is hereabouts carried on with the greatest number of vessels of any port in the west, except Falmouth.

    From London to Land's End 2003

  • Portugal, Italy, and the Plantations; but especially they are great traders to Newfoundland, and from thence to Spain and Italy, with fish; and they drive a good trade also in their own fishery of pilchards, which is hereabouts carried on with the greatest number of vessels of any port in the west, except Falmouth.

    From London to Land's End 2003

  • Spain and Italy, with fish; and they drive a good trade also in their own fishery of pilchards, which is hereabouts carried on with the greatest number of vessels of any port in the west, except Falmouth.

    From London to Land's End and Two Letters from the "Journey through England by a Gentleman" Daniel Defoe 1696

  • They drive a good trade alfo in their own - iifhery of pilchards, which is hereabouts carried on with the greateft number of veflels of any port in the - weft, except Falmouth.

    A tour through the island of Great Britain : divided into circuits or journies ... 1778

  • a cry sounded, as of a man calling pilchards in a main street.

    Jacob's Room Virginia Woolf 1911

  • For small, soft baits such as pilchards, you can hook them directly with the circle hook-through the nostrils or up through the lips.

    unknown title 2009

  • For small, soft baits such as pilchards, you can hook them directly with the circle hook-through the nostrils or up through the lips.

    unknown title 2009

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