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tom-cod†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

See 1784 quote.

Quotations

1779

At sunset we hauled the seine by the stage, but took only a few . . . small tom-cods.

1784

The bait is small fish of all kinds: Herring, Capelin, Lance, Tom Cod. . . .

1838

"The Endgians . . . used to make a sort o' fish flakes, and catch herrin' and tom cods . . . and put 'em on the flakes, and then crawl onder themselves."

1943

I go through the quaint village of Poulamon--named from the Acadian French word for the small cod-fish or "tom-cod."

2an.

a small food fish, Microgadus tomcod, of the St. Lawrence River and adjacent waters.

See: tommy-cod(def. 1)

Quotations

1828

Trout, smelt, tom-cod, and perch, are caught in winter with a hook and line, through a hole in the ice.

1860

We presume the intention of fishing trout, tom-cods and smelts would warrant the issuing a license, under which a farmer's marshes might be thrown open.

1866

The Tom-Cod, sometimes called also the Frost-fish . . . the Petite Morue Fraiche, Tacaud, and Gode Mollet of the French-Canadians, is peculiar I believe to North America.

1944

Tom-cod . . . may be had all the year round by jigging.

2bn.

a related fish, Microgadus proximus, of the Pacific Coast.

Quotations

1960

The gray cod is readily distinguishable from its relatives the tomcod and whiting, by the long barbel on the lower jaw.

3n. — North

any of several small fish of the cod family, as Boreogadus saida or Eleginus navaga, found in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters, or the loche.

See: loche

Quotations

1928

. . . tom-cod . . . are small cod, and our method was to catch them through holes in the ice.

1948

Nulaiyuk who controls the spirits of the mammals of the sea . . . down to even that of the lowly torn cod.

1953

Two of the hunters untoggled the bow lines of his huskies, and others brought frozen tomcod for the team.

1956

Soon, however, they discover that shrimps are easy to catch and later they realize that tomcod and sculpin taste quite as good as milk.