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Definition of "jew-fish" []

  • Alternative spelling of jewfish. (noun)

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Use "jew-fish" in a sentence
  • "Water passed with little hindrance through the platform, while jew-fish, yellow-tail, and bream, were retained in considerable numbers."
  • "I've been fishin ', on and off, ever since I was a little boy, and I've caught nigh every kind there is, from the big jew-fish and cavalyoes down South, to the trout and minnies round about here."
  • "We could distinguish the jew-fish, the saw-fish, and many other denizens of those Southern waters, which, disturbed by the schooner's keel, darted away in all directions in a blaze of light, every scale on their bodies being clearly defined."