Pilchards

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of pilchard form-of, plural

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canned pilchardscanned sardinesclupeidspreserved pilchardssardinessmall oily fish

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"Josh Helston glittered in the morning sunshine like a harlequin in a limelight, for he was spangled from head to foot with the loose silvery scales of the pilchards caught during the night, and on many another night during the past few weeks."

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