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fish camp

fish camp noun: a restaurant serving fried seafood.

Noun

fish camp (plural fish camps)

  1. (US, regional) A restaurant serving fried seafood.
    • The whole region is dotted with restaurants very much like Taylor Grocery (once called fish camps) that sell only fried fish, and when I was growing up, the announcement that we were eating out meant we were going to the fish camp.2009, Damon Fowler, Classical Southern Cooking, page 124
  2. A Native American seasonal camp for the purpose of catching fish and smoking them.

Proper noun capitalized: Fish Camp

Fish Camp

  1. A census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States.

Forms of fish camp

pluralfish camps
alternative formfishcamp

Questions about fish camp

What does fish camp mean?
Fish camp means a restaurant serving fried seafood.
What part of speech is fish camp?
Fish camp can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of fish camp?
The plural of fish camp is fish camps.

Words near fish camp in the dictionary

  1. fish bowls
  2. fish cage
  3. fish cages
  4. fish cake
  5. fish cakes
  6. fish camp
  7. fish camps
  8. fish coop
  9. fish coops
  10. fish cop
  11. fish cops

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