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mackerel breezes

mackerel breezes is the plural of mackerel breeze.

Meaning of mackerel breeze

Noun

mackerel breeze (plural mackerel breezes)

  1. A strong breeze which ruffles the surface of the water, favourable for catching mackerel.
    • While they tacked to and fro in the river, under the impulse of a mackerel breeze, the physician expressed his satisfaction, and Pallet was ravished with the entertainment.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Questions about mackerel breezes

What is mackerel breezes the plural of?
Mackerel breezes is the plural of mackerel breeze.

Words near mackerel breezes in the dictionary

  1. Mackenzies
  2. mackerel
  3. mackerel bird
  4. mackerel birds
  5. mackerel breeze
  6. mackerel breezes
  7. mackerel gull
  8. mackerel mint
  9. mackerel mints
  10. mackerel pike
  11. mackerel pikes

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