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Vinony

pilchard

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪl.tʃəd/ / /ˈpɪl.t͡ʃɚd/

noun

Etymology: From earlier pilcher, adapted to the suffix -ard. Further etymology unknown. Compare Dutch pelser.

  1. Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae.

    “1839, John Hookham Frere (translator), The Birds, lines 76–77, in Acharnians and two other plays He longs occasionally for human diet, His old Athenian fare: pilchards, for instance.”