fish-scale
fish-scale is the alternative form of fishscale.
Meaning of fishscale
Noun
fishscale (countable and uncountable, plural fishscales)
- The scale of a fish.
- Cocaine, usually of high quality, taken directly off the brick and uncut.
- The kids out here don't know a flake from a fish—if you asked them what fishscale is, they wouldn't know. [Fishscale is high-grade cocaine powder with few rock-like chunks.]1989, Terry Williams, chapter 2, in The Cocaine Kids: The Inside Story of a Teenage Drug Ring, page 41
Adjective
fish-scale (not comparable)
- Usually of roofing tiles or shingles, shaped and laid in such a way that they resemble the scales of a fish.
- The station also boasts a large semi-domed French pavilion roof with fish-scale tiles and iron cresting, plus a rectangular hall with arcaded upper storey and wooden lantern.2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27
Forms of fish-scale
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Questions about fish-scale
- What does fish-scale mean?
- Fish-scale means usually of roofing tiles or shingles, shaped and laid in such a way that they resemble the scales of a fish.
- What is fish-scale the alternative form of?
- Fish-scale is the alternative form of fishscale.
- What part of speech is fish-scale?
- Fish-scale is an adjective.
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