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Meanings of long toms in English
Synonyms
Examples for "garfish"
Examples for "garfish"
1
The roe of some fishes, such as the garfish, is not eaten.
2
I don't even know what garfish looks like, but there must be a better explanation.
3
The eggs of the mackerel and the garfish have likewise been found floating, and successfully hatched.
4
You should definitely begin with fried cured garfish and eat too much sourdough with smoky miso butter.
5
The sea is plentifully stocked with fish of divers sorts, namely dolphins, bonetas, mullet, snapper, silver-fish, garfish, etc.
Usage of long toms in English
1
Heard those long toms roar!
2
Then came the Gold Rush, and miners started diverting water to work their sluice boxes, long toms, and hydraulic cannons.
3
I DON'T normally go to church by boat, especially in one speeding across the South Seas surrounded by leaping long toms and intensely blue trevally.
4
Then I remember hearing the cannons roar-longtoms they used to call 'em.
5
Finally the last of the great Creusot guns, the formidable Long Toms, was found mounted near Haenertsburg.
6
Twenty of her guns were 32-pound carronades, while for bow-chasers she had two " long Toms."
7
This gave rise to stories of "furious bombardment of Rheims," but also caused the withdrawal of the " Long Toms" to spare the city.
8
Every time the " Long Toms" were fired, a few answering shells were sent their way and, of course, falling short, dropped into the city.