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  • fit
    [Car.; OED, prepared, ready (before for or to; otherwise obs. except dial,)] adj. prepared, ready (also without for or to). (Black)
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  • fishy
    [cf. OHS fish the female pudend] n. penis (child's word). (Nassau, Mayag.)
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  • fish tea
    [Car.] n. a broth made from fish, drunk as a hot beverage. (Black)
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  • fish-scale fern
    /foym/ [etym?] n. a fern (sp?). (Adelaide)
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  • fish-pot edging
     n. a style of plaiting narrow strips of STRAW1 together tightly, leaving broad hoops on the edge (Bannister display). (Gen.)
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  • fish pot
    [OED a wicker basket for catching fish] n. 1. a floating cage of STRAW1 or wire for keep­ing fish alive after
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  • fish knife
    [Car.; W3, a knife for eating fish] n. a long, tapered machete used by fishermen, (Gen.)
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  • fishin' ranch
    [cf. RANCH 2] n. a tent erected on a cay for temporary shelter during a fishing trip. = CAMP 2 (Mayag.)
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  • fishining, fishning
    /fishnin/ [Atlantic; US dial. idem ADD; Cr. stem based on English present participle fishing + -ing] verbal fishing: 1918 Goat went
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  • fishing bag
    bag [W Car.] n. a net used for fishing. (Black)
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