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Definition of Flounders
1. flounder [v] - See also: flounder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flounders
Literary usage of Flounders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The Unsymmetrical Eyes of Flounders.—In the two great families of flounders and
soles the head is unsymmetrically formed, the cranium being twisted and both ..."
2. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"Flounders. Let them be rubbed with salt inside and out, and lie two hours to give
them some ... Stew two or three flounders, some parsley-leaves and roots, ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Richard Vaughan Barnewall, John Leycester Adolphus, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1834)
"... In the Matter of Flounders, Esq. 1833. ... Flounders, Esq., a justice of peace
Notice to a ... Flounders ..."
4. The Gastronomic Regenerator: A Simplified and Entirely New System of Cookery by Alexis Soyer (1847)
"Flounders a la Greenwich. Dry them on a cloth, then dip the white part of them in
... Flounders plain fried. Dry them, dip in flour, egg, and bread-crumb, ..."
5. European and American Cuisine by Mrs. Gesine Knubel Lemcke, Gesine Lemcke (1914)
"Flounders are mostly prepared like fillet of sole. Fillet of Sole or Flounders—How
to prepare.—Place the fish on a table with the white side under, ..."
6. Sea Fishing by John Bickerdyke, William Senior, Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe, Henry William Gore Booth (1895)
"method of catching flounders is to moor the boat in a tideway, and throw out from
it half a dozen lines rather heavily leaded, below the lead being a long ..."
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