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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the lowest grade of cured codfish.
Quotations
1832
. . . the broken fish, dun fish, or whatever will not keep in warm countries . . . is in general equally good for domestic consumptions. . . .
1883
When thoroughly dried [cod] have a whitish appearance and are then ready for storing. . . . they are weighted and "culled" or sorted into four different kinds called Merchantable (the best), Madeira, West Indian (intended for . . . the negroes) and Dun, or broken fish, which will not keep, and is intended for home use.