A smoked herring exported from the town of Digby in Nova Scotia; a Digby herring.(noun)
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Use "digby" in a sentence
"To blame Dodd for provisions that the White House demanded is dishonest in the extreme ... "digby:" The media, for reasons I don't quite understand, still seem to think they've caught Chris Dodd lying about something."
"Let's not let incrementalists and small-minded ambition keep the big change we need from happening. "digby:" [Dems] had better keep in mind that they were elected by a lot of new voters and liberals too and they are going to need very high levels of support for a sustained period of time to get anything done."
"And we know how well that worked out. "digby:" It's not that [Palin] is a stupid person."