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  • noun Plural form of herring.

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Examples

  • This We Could Be Famous post on garbage contracts and racial red herrings is well worth your while.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • This We Could Be Famous post on garbage contracts and racial red herrings is well worth your while.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2007

  • In Newfoundland they bought the herrings from the Newfoundland fishermen.

    The Newfoundland Fisheries Question 1906

  • Two or three lost their lives by a surfeit brought on by that fatal banquet of Rhenish wine and pickled herrings, which is familiar to those who study the lighter literature of that age.

    The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

  • "Then the herrings are my property, and I can do as I like with them; but if you do not like to do as I tell you, give me back my money."

    Stories Worth Rereading Various

  • Two or three lost their lives by a surfeit brought on by that fatal banquet of Rhenish wine and pickled herrings, which is familiar to those who study the lighter literature of that age.

    The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801

  • Their only net fishery is that of herrings, which is commonly carried on by shares.

    A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Arthur Young 1780

  • Suppose, then, that you have bought some cheap kind of fish, such as herrings, large flounders, plaice, small soles, or any other small or flat fish.

    A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes Charles Elm�� Francatelli

  • The youth was apparently not much delighted with his visit to this barbarous chieftain, whose dwelling was "a great dark tower, where," says he, "we had cold cheer, such as herrings and biscuit, for it was Lent."

    Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822

  • Small fish such as herrings and sardines eat tiny planktonic animals found in the reef.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

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