fin|nan had|die

fin|nan had|die
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]

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