pickle-herring
1Pickle-herring — Pic kle her ring, n. 1. A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A merry andrew; a buffoon. [Obs.] Addison. [1913 Webster] …
2pickle-herring — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: obsolete Dutch pekel haerinck (now pekelharing), from Dutch pekel pickle + obsolete Dutch haerinck herring (from Middle Dutch harinc, herinc) more at herring 1. : a pickled herring …
3Soused herring — Herring vendor at Koningsplein in Amsterdam, The Netherlands Brined herr …
4Scotch cured herring — unwashed, fresh herring that has been gibbed, roused and packed tightly in barrels and mild cured in their own blood pickle. This form of processed herring has a limited shelf life …
5matje cured herring — matje herring gutted, roused, mild cured and packed in barrels filled with blood pickle at 80° brine strength …
6pickled herring — 1) gutted herring, dry salted in barrels and allowed to cure in the resulting pickle 2) a buffoon (slang) …
7blood pickle — a solution of salt and body fluids formed when immersing fatty fish such as herring in dry salt in an air tight barrel …
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9Tooley Street — is a road in South London connecting London Bridge to St Saviour s Dock; it runs past Tower Bridge on the Southwark side of the River Thames, and forms part of the A200 road. (gbmapping|TQ3380.) St Olaf It takes its name from the Norwegian King… …
10Shad Thames — is a picturesque and historic riverside street next to Tower Bridge in Bermondsey, London, UK, and is also an informal name for the surrounding area. The name may be a corruption of St John at Thames , a reference to a St John s Church which once …
