findon haddock

findon haddock
\\|fin(d)ən-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized F
Etymology: Findon (or Finnan), village near Aberdeen, Scotland, noted for its smoked fish

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  • Findon haddock — finnan haddie …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • Findon, Aberdeenshire — Findon or Finnan (Gaelic: Fionndan ), Scotland is a fishing village eight miles south of Aberdeen, [United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004] famous for originating the smoked haddock known… …   Wikipedia

  • Findon —    FINDON, or Finnan, a village, in the parish of Banchory Devenick, county of Kincardine, 6½ miles (S. by W.) from Aberdeen; containing 190 inhabitants. This is a fishing village, situated on the eastern coast, near Girdleness, and having a… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • Haddock — For other uses, see Haddock (disambiguation). Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus …   Wikipedia

  • finnan haddock — Finnan haddie Fin nan had die [See {Haddock}.] Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron. f[i^]n an), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds of smoked haddock. [Written also {finnan haddock}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • finnan haddie — noun Etymology: alteration of findon haddock, from Findon, village in Scotland Date: 1848 smoked haddock called also finnan haddock …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • finnan haddie — noun haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter • Syn: ↑finnan haddock, ↑finnan, ↑smoked haddock • Hypernyms: ↑haddock * * * ˌfinənˈhadē, di noun or …   Useful english dictionary

  • Finnan haddie — Fin nan had die [See {Haddock}.] Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron. f[i^]n an), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds of smoked haddock. [Written also {finnan haddock}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fin|nan had|die — «FIHN uhn HAD ee», or haddock, smoked and dried haddock. ╂[originally Findhorn haddock < a river name later taken as Findon, a town in Scotland; haddie (diminutive) < haddock] …   Useful english dictionary

  • finnan haddie — [fin′ən had′ē] n. [prob. < Findhorn haddock, after fishing port and river of Findhorn, Scotland; often assoc. with Findon, Scotland] smoked haddock: also finnan haddock …   English World dictionary

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