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codfishing

codfishing noun: fishing for cod.

Noun

codfishing (uncountable)

  1. Fishing for cod.
    • Sounds are also fried by codfishing peoples, or cooked in chowders or stews.1998, Mark Kurlansky, Cod: A Biography Of The Fish That Changed The World, Vintage Canada, page 34

Questions about codfishing

What does codfishing mean?
Codfishing means fishing for cod.
What part of speech is codfishing?
Codfishing is a noun.

Words near codfishing in the dictionary

  1. codfisherman
  2. codfishermen
  3. codfishers
  4. codfishery
  5. codfishes
  6. codfishing
  7. Codford
  8. codge
  9. codged
  10. codger
  11. codger-hood

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