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finnan haddie

finnan haddie noun: cold-smoked haddock, representative of a regional method of smoking with green wood and peat in north-east Scotland.

Noun

finnan haddie (countable and uncountable, plural finnan haddies)

  1. Cold-smoked haddock, representative of a regional method of smoking with green wood and peat in north-east Scotland.

Forms of finnan haddie

pluralfinnan haddies
alternative formfinnie haddie

Origin of finnan haddie

Perhaps from the hamlet of Findon, Aberdeenshire, or the village of Findhorn at the mouth of the River Findhorn in Moray.

Questions about finnan haddie

What does finnan haddie mean?
Finnan haddie means cold-smoked haddock, representative of a regional method of smoking with green wood and peat in north-east Scotland.
What part of speech is finnan haddie?
Finnan haddie is a noun.
What is the plural of finnan haddie?
The plural of finnan haddie is finnan haddies.

Words near finnan haddie in the dictionary

  1. finnage
  2. finnages
  3. Finnair
  4. finnally
  5. finnan
  6. finnan haddie
  7. finnan haddies
  8. finnan haddock
  9. finnan haddocks
  10. finnans
  11. Finnbhennach

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