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Definition of Pilchards
1. pilchard [n] - See also: pilchard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilchards
Literary usage of Pilchards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fisheries of the Adriatic and the Fish Thereof: A Report of the Austro by G. L. Faber (1883)
"The curing of pilchards and Anchovies is the most extensive; ... The pilchards
are, as a rule, slightly salted, and packed in casks or tubs on board the ..."
2. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1805)
"Mackrel, whitings, whiting-pouts, plaice, dabbs, herrings, pilchards, garb-fish,
flounders, and maids, Billingsgate, sixty ; other markets thirty. ..."
3. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1808)
"An Aft for extending the Bounty now payable on pilchards exported to the Weß
Indies of Mediterranean to pilchards exported to any Parts beyond the Seas. ..."
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