Definitions
any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
Word origin
From Middle English mackerell, macrell, macrelle, makarell, makerel, makerell, makerelle, makrel, makrell, makyrelle, from Old French maquerel. Further origin unknown.
Used in a sentence
“[…] you may buy land now as cheap as stinking mackerel.”
“I am living fast, to see the Time, when a Book that misses its Tide, shall be neglected, as the Moon by Day, or like Mackarel a Week after the Season.”
“Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Oily ocean fish”8 letters
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