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hung-by-tail
North, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
fish, especially whitefish, partially dried and cured in the sun and wind by being hung by their tails to a pole, used as winter feed for sled-dogs.
See: hung fish
Quotations
1887
They call [these fish] "hung-by-tail" from the manner in which they are preserved.