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fishfinger

fishfinger is the alternative form of fish finger.

Meaning of fish finger

Noun

fish finger (plural fish fingers)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A rectangular stick of processed fish coated in breadcrumbs that is cooked by frying or grilling.
    • “Birds Eye fish fingers,” he said, “are made from cod, and when, a short while back there was talk of some strange deep sea varieties creeping into fish fingers, we, as a company spent £500 000 reassuring the consumer[…].”1976, Fishing News International, volume 15, page 41
    Synonyms:
    fish stick

Forms of fishfinger

pluralfishfingers

Questions about fishfinger

What is fishfinger the alternative form of?
Fishfinger is the alternative form of fish finger.

Words near fishfinger in the dictionary

  1. fishfalls
  2. fishfeed
  3. fishfinder
  4. fishfinders
  5. fishfinding
  6. fishfinger
  7. fishfingers
  8. fishflies
  9. fishfly
  10. fishfolk
  11. fishfood

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