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Portuguese

Deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food.

Usage of pomfret in English

Although there is a tempting full menu -chili crabs, salted egg prawns, steamed pomfret -this is the place to come for dim sum. 
 The Guardian 

I mean I never heard you speak a word against Zeke Pomfret. 
 Ladder of years: a novel 

The good old chap worries about this affair; so does Mrs. Pomfret. 
 Will Warburton 

Reuters correspondent James Pomfret has been in the middle of the action. 
 Reuters 

Mr. Pomfret walked past her, cramming his arms into his suit coat. 
 Ladder of years: a novel 

But her most important friendship was that with the Countess of Pomfret. 
 The Friendships of Women 

I announce to you the old absurd Countess-notof Orford, but Pomfret. 
 The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2 

This curious picture was purchased by Lady Pomfret for two hundred pounds. 
 The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2 

In the hall of Pomfret you chose me of all the crowd. 
 A singular man 

Mrs. Pomfret, I want to introduce Mr. Vane, and Miss Pomfret, Mr. 
 Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill 

Poor old Pomfret has his gout, and couldn't come out with us. 
 Will Warburton 

As one heard a couple of hours ago in the Pomfret. 
 A singular man 

Do you think Mr. Pomfret might have a minute for me? 
 Ladder of years: a novel 

John Pomfret a former Washington Post bureau chief in Beijing, is the… Audio 
 Radio NZ 

Mrs. Pomfret did not wish to see Victoria make a mesalliance. 
 Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill 

Perhaps no composition in our language has been oftener perused than Pomfret's Choice. 
 Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 

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Translations for pomfret

Portuguese

Pomfret through the time

Meanings of pomfret in English