ghoties

Noun (1)

ghoti (plural ghoti or ghoties or ghotis)

1. (humorous, nonstandard, rare) A constructed word said to be an alternative spelling of fish.
   • Robinson suggested to me that William Ollier could have come up with ghoti in a parlor game of Ellis-inspired silly spellings.2010 June 25, Ben Zimmer, “2010-06-25”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2018

Noun (2)

ghoti (plural ghotis)

1. A type of small Bengali waterpot used for washing.
   • His metal vessels are—of brass, a kalsi, a garu, and two ghotis; of bell-metal, three thalis, three ghotis, and four batis.1888, Report on the Condition of the Lower Classes of Population in Bengal, Calcutta: […] Bengal Secretariat Press, →OCLC, page 21

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