Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the log-fish or rudder-fish (which see), Lirus perciformis, of the family Stromateidæ.
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Examples
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Well, actually, I never really hated him that much; my rather patronising contempt for this shabby, pusillanimous, solipsistic little low-life always precluded feelings of raw, unbridled hatred; especially when such barrel-fish as Brown, Clarke and Blunkett were so clearly in my sights.
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Well, actually, I never really hated him that much; my rather patronising contempt for this shabby, pusillanimous, solipsistic little low-life always precluded feelings of raw, unbridled hatred; especially when such barrel-fish as Brown, Clarke and Blunkett were so clearly in my sights.
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