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- obsolete AmericanwhiskyA Prohibition use 'to mislead the police or strangers' [DAS). Most bootleg liquor came by sea or over the Great Lakes.
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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Seafood — is any sea animal or seaweed that is served as food, or is suitable for eating, particularly saltwater animals, such as fish and shellfish (including mollusks and crustaceans). By extension, in North America although not generally in the United… … Wikipedia
seafood — (n.) food obtained from the sea, 1836, American English, from SEA (Cf. sea) + FOOD (Cf. food) … Etymology dictionary
Seafood — [Wichtig (Rating 3200 5600)] Bsp.: • Das Moorcock serviert Meeresfrüchte … Deutsch Wörterbuch
seafood — ► NOUN ▪ shellfish and sea fish served as food … English terms dictionary
seafood — ☆ seafood [sē′fo͞od΄ ] n. 1. food prepared from or consisting of saltwater fish or shellfish 2. loosely food prepared from any fish … English World dictionary
seafood — /see foohd /, n. any fish or shellfish from the sea used for food. [1830 40, Amer.] * * * Edible aquatic animals excluding mammals, but including both freshwater and ocean creatures. Seafood includes bony and cartilaginous fishes, crustaceans,… … Universalium
Seafood — [Haixian, 2001] Film One of the first Chinese digital features, Seafood brilliantly recounts, with an arresting mixture of cynicism and humour, the shifting power relationships between a suicidal prostitute and a corrupt policeman. Seafood is the … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
Seafood — Teller mit Meeresfrüchten Als Meeresfrüchte bezeichnet man in der Regel alle essbaren Meerestiere, die keine Wirbeltiere (Fische oder Wale) sind. Es handelt sich hierbei also um eine kulinarische Einteilung, nicht um eine biologische. Typische… … Deutsch Wikipedia
seafood — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ local VERB + SEAFOOD ▪ eat ▪ cook ▪ serve … Collocations dictionary
seafood — With an estimated per capita consumption of fish more than twice the EU average, it is to be expected that seafood of all kinds bulks large in the Spanish diet, and this assumption is amply confirmed by a walk through a market or past local… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
seafood — [[t]si͟ːfuːd[/t]] seafoods N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Seafood is shellfish such as lobsters, mussels, and crabs, and sometimes other sea creatures that you can eat. ...a seafood restaurant … English dictionary
