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Meanings of bloater in English

A large salted and smoked herring.

Usage of bloater in English
1
The bloater was left to waste its sweetness on the morning air.
The Nebuly Coat
2
Serve hot with a Yarmouth bloater and some crumpets on the side.
Skiddoo!
3
The second fish is often eaten whole by a bloater called a coliacic.
Imajica: Complete Edition
4
Her husband nodded with his mouth full of the best bloater.
Sally Bishop: A Romance
5
He took out his pocket knife and cut off the tail of the large bloater.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
6
We don't have nuffin', 'cepts when father has got work, then father has a bloater.
The Story of Jessie
7
At present I feel like a Yarmouth bloater.
The South Sea Whaler
8
There were eggs and frizzled ham, and grilled kidneys, and coffee, and buttered toast, and bloater-paste-
The Lady of the Shroud
9
One bloater ain't much for two, but there's tea and bread, and that'll do you good.
Fan : The Story of a Young Girl's Life
10
A given weight of bloater will yield more building material than the same quantity of salmon or sole.
Papers on Health
11
They were talking about meals, and Mr. Dally said that he liked a bloater for breakfast every morning.
Eve's Ransom
12
Six months for stealing a turnip or "bloater,"
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, Jan. 2, 1892
13
You likes soft-roe bloater, don't you?
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
14
Red clover will not have that effect, because red clover is a pretty good bloater on its own account.
One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered
15
On second thought I asked her to hand in some toast-orbread and butter and bloater paste-atthe same time.
The Rising of the Court
16
A plaster ordered to be applied to the inside of the stomach, consisting of potted bloater spread upon bread and butter.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 5, 1841
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