sheepshead

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(She would be considerably surprised if informed that he dined to-day on a sheepshead, a loaf, and three cabbages, and is suspected of a leg of mutton I hope he loves his toys He carries them about with him everywhere, ma'am."

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  1. noun A food fish (Archosargus probatocephalus) of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, having dark vertical markings.
  2. noun A freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) commonly found from the Great Lakes to Texas.
  3. noun A redfish (Semicossyphus pulcher) of the Gulf of California, caught commercially or as a game fish.

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  • The California sheepshead ( Semicossyphus pulcher ), for example, is born female. —  Aeon One
  • In the sheepshead or the red grouper , that's the female. —  Aeon One
  • And I knew he played schaffskopf—sheepshead—so when Dick Kreburn was here Sunday and mentioned sheepshead, I phoned down for Frank to come up and play awhile, and he did Three-handed It's a three-handed game You're positive that's the last time you saw him I'm positive it's the last time I talked to him. —  Murder Can Be Fun
  • That was the day he and Dick Kreburn and Frank had played sheepshead, and Frank had stayed a little while after Dick had left. —  Murder Can Be Fun
  • But are you playing sheepshead, Milwaukee's favorite ... —  OnMilwaukee.com
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