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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as sparling.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Prov. Eng., Local, U.S., Local, U.S. A smelt; a sparling.
  • noun Local, U.S. A young herring.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun UK, dialect A smelt; a sparling.
  • noun US, dialect A young herring.

Etymologies

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See sparling.

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