Now we have another reason to boycott their stockfish. From Wordnik.com. [Norway: This is war] Reference
We had bales of stockfish, everyone did, and everyone loathed it. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
The only fish we caught, besides the above-mentioned stockfish, was. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912] Reference
Occasionally, salted meats or stockfish were substituted for the herrings. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
We were all thoroughly sick of stockfish, sprats in mustard, and herrings in pickle. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
He became quite a gourmet, while staying able to live on stockfish and hardtack without complaint. From Wordnik.com. [There Will Be Time]
Amsterdam with his lading of stockfish, who gaue me a barrell of strong beere, and brought it in aboord our ship himseelf. From Wordnik.com. [The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation] Reference
We discussed plans over breakfast, which consisted of stockfish, flatbread, and that brown soap the Norwegians call goat cheese. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Luna]
“Whither away, so late?” said the barber, whom they passed seated with his starveling boys round a mess of stockfish and parsnips, in the shop below. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
The fishermen, most of whom work on tuna boats, refused to leave the building until they received what they claimed was the outstanding balance of their stockfish quota. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The Dutchmen tolde me that the best stockfish is made at Kegor. From Wordnik.com. [The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03] Reference
I cannot speak knowledgeably about okirika but I can of stockfish. From Wordnik.com. [Vanguard News] Reference
If one wants to be thirsty, the tail of a stockfish is as good for it as the head of a logician. From Wordnik.com. [Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Joseph Carnaby, and Silas Gough, Clerk] Reference
Island lings, and stockfish, and a fish which is called Scatefish: of all which they had great store. From Wordnik.com. [The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I.] Reference
You have been held too long in this miserable suspension, neither maid nor wife, neither woman nor stockfish. From Wordnik.com. [Diana of the Crossways — Complete] Reference
It was an ordinary stockfish, about three-quarters of a yard long, that some joker had hung on the line during the night. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2] Reference
Though an incorrigible joker, his stockfish countenance would remain perfectly grave, except for an occasional hoarse chuckle. From Wordnik.com. [Tatterdemalion] Reference
Mrs. Oluremi Olanrewaju, the stockfish heads were imported from Norway and found to be unwholesome for consumption by the agency. From Wordnik.com. [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference
I am one that loves an inch of raw mutton better than an ell of fried stockfish; and the first letter of my name begins with Lechery. From Wordnik.com. [Scene VI] Reference
“stockfish whilst it is unbeaten is called Buckhorne, because it is so tough; when it is beaten upon the stock, it is termed stockfish.”. From Wordnik.com. [Early English Meals and Manners] Reference
So they led up a pack-horse and from it took stockfish and smoked meat, of which Eric and Skallagrim ate heartily, till their strength came back to them. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Brighteyes] Reference
The only fish we caught, besides the above-mentioned stockfish, was a real live fish; but, unfortunately, it fell off the hook as it was being hauled in. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2] Reference
'Tis plain as this coming daylight, ye stockfish! ". From Wordnik.com. [Puck of Pook's Hill] Reference
’Tis plain as this coming daylight, ye stockfish!”. From Wordnik.com. [Puck of Pook’s Hill] Reference
(stockfish) he said was not nutritious because all nutrition had been taken out. From Wordnik.com. [Vanguard News] Reference
And besides, pollack — ay, from pollack you get stockfish and liver — otherwise there isn’t much sense in pollack. From Wordnik.com. [The Road Leads On] Reference
‘Purring stockfish.’. From Wordnik.com. [Maid in Waiting] Reference
Of stockfish should my luncheon be. From Wordnik.com. [Four Plays of Gil Vicente] Reference
Of stockfish salted yesteryear. From Wordnik.com. [Four Plays of Gil Vicente] Reference
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