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

  • 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.

    Archive 2005-12-01 2005

  • 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.

    I hate you more and more with every passing day... 2005

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