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fish wraps

fish wraps is the plural of fish wrap.

Meaning of fish wrap

Noun

fish wrap (countable and uncountable, plural fish wraps)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, slang) A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose news reports are considered uninteresting or unreliable and whose editorial opinions are regarded with indifference or disapproval.
    • Just as the sports pages are a first-read when the home team is hot and fish wrap when they are not, consumers tuned out when the market tanked, snapping off CNBC and leaving their business magazines in the to-do pile.2005 May 30, David Carr, “Bad Business For Magazines About Business”, in New York Times, retrieved 02 Dec 2020
    Synonyms:
    fish wrapper, rag

Questions about fish wraps

What is fish wraps the plural of?
Fish wraps is the plural of fish wrap.

Words near fish wraps in the dictionary

  1. fish wheel
  2. fish wheels
  3. fish wrap
  4. fish wrapper
  5. fish wrappers
  6. fish wraps
  7. fish'd
  8. fish-and-chip
  9. fish-and-chipper
  10. fish-and-chipperies
  11. fish-and-chippers

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