poor-john

Definitions

1. A small European fish, of inferior quality to the cod.
2. Salted and dried hake.

Equivalents

Examples

“Poor-john and apple pies are all our fare.”

“What have⟳ we here? a man or a fish⟳? dead or / alive? A fish⟳: he smells like⟳ a fish⟳: a very ancient and / fish-like smell⟳; a kind of not of the newest Poor-John.”

“[I]f you ſcape vvith life, and take⟳ a fagot boat, and a bottle of Vſquebaugh, come⟳ home poore men, like⟳ a type⟳ of Theames Street ſtinking of pitch and poore Iohn.”

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