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fish horn

fish horn is the alternative form 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

Forms of fish horn

pluralfish horns

Questions about fish horn

What is fish horn the alternative form of?
Fish horn is the alternative form of fish-horn.

Words near fish horn in the dictionary

  1. fish heads
  2. Fish Hoek
  3. fish hook
  4. fish hook theory
  5. fish hooks
  6. fish horn
  7. fish horns
  8. fish house
  9. fish houses
  10. fish hurricane
  11. fish hurricanes

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