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cold fishes

cold fishes is the plural of cold fish.

Meaning of cold fish

Noun

cold fish (plural cold fish or cold fishes)

  1. (idiomatic, potentially endearing) A heartless individual; a person lacking empathy and emotion.
    • […]it was thought ſhe was a Woman, and was turn'd into a cold fiſh, for ſhe wold not exchange fleſh with one that lou'd her: […]c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. (slang) A sexual partner who, during sex, lacks vigor or emotional reciprocity.
    Synonyms:
    dead fish, starfish

Questions about cold fishes

What is cold fishes the plural of?
Cold fishes is the plural of cold fish.

Words near cold fishes in the dictionary

  1. cold finger
  2. cold fingers
  3. cold fire
  4. cold fires
  5. cold fish
  6. cold fishes
  7. cold flour
  8. cold flow
  9. cold food powder
  10. cold forming
  11. cold frame

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