Meaning of herring-gutted | Babel Free

Definitions

Of a person, thin; emaciated.

Examples

“"Have you not a herring there, you herring-gutted scoundrel?"”

“"Instead of being a rollicking bull-necked quarterstaff player with an eye for a wench and a good but untutored voice for roaring a roundelay, he's nothing but a weasel-faced herring-gutted wowser deliberately stuck in a cell to mislead travellers."”

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