pickle-herring

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring. obsolete
    — 'Tis a Gentleman heere. A plague o'these pickle herring: How now Sot.
  2. A buffoon. obsolete
    — The first who made the experiment was a merry-andrew, who was put into my hands by a neighbouring justice of peace, in order to reclaim him from that profligate kind of life. Poor Pickle-herring had not taken above one turn in it, when he came out of the cave, like a hermit from his cell, with a penitential look and a most rueful countenance.

词形变化

pickle-herrings plural
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