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fish-horns

fish-horns is the plural of fish-horn.

Meaning of fish-horn

Noun

fish-horn (plural fish-horns)

  1. (historical) A horn that produces a loud and penetrating sound, used by a fishmonger to announce that the catch is in.
    • Our "music" consisted of a bass-drum, which was tortured by the clown; a fish-horn beautifully played upon by Sam Palmer; a dinner-bell whose din was extracted by Jack Adams.1884, George Thompson, My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson

Questions about fish-horns

What is fish-horns the plural of?
Fish-horns is the plural of fish-horn.

Words near fish-horns in the dictionary

  1. fish-hawks
  2. fish-head
  3. fish-heads
  4. fish-hook theory
  5. fish-horn
  6. fish-horns
  7. fish-house
  8. fish-houses
  9. fish-kettle
  10. fish-kettles
  11. fish-knife

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