Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fishing-ground to which herrings resort in great numbers.
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Examples
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No sooner did I give utterance to my conjecture, than I was assailed by a host of questions concerning this herring-bank, what it was, and what occasioned it.
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a host of questions concerning this herring-bank -- what it was, and what occasioned it.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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"A herring-bank," I said, "is composed of an immense number of herrings swimming together.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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‘A herring-bank,’ I said, ‘is composed of an immense number of herrings swimming together.
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