Definition of "stockfish" []

• A fish, such as a cod or haddock, cured by being split and air-dried without salt. (noun)

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• "In language hardly official, the Marquise threatens to make stockfish, that is her phrase, of whosoever has had a hand in either the abduction or the concealment of the missing lady. ""
• "Most are engaged in producing traditional whitefish products, for example dried cod, salted fish, and stockfish."
• "We had bales of stockfish, everyone did, and everyone loathed it."