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fish
noun- the vagina UK, 1891
- Other verb forms are: eat fish and chew the fish. — G. Legman, The Language of Homsexuality, p. 1165, 1941
- a woman, usually heterosexual UK, 1891
- — Anon., The Gay Girl’s Guide, p. 9, 1949
- — Donald Webster Cory and John P. LeRoy, The Homosexual and His Society, p. 264, 1963: “A lexicon of homosexual slang”
- But a jealous bartender, who Knows, tells three sailors who want to make it with her that shes not a fish, shes a fruit[.] — John Rechy, City of Night, p. 118, 1963
- — Fact, p. 26, January-February 1965
- I know that women are referred to as “fish” in fag-lang. But that’s defamation. — Angelo d’Arcangelo, The Homosexual Handbook, p. 210, 1968
- JANET: Oh, Brad. *Oh, Janet.* Brad my darling *Janet, my fish.* — Sal Piro and Michael Hess, The Official “Rocky Horror Picture Show” Audience Participation Guide, p. 37, 1991
- a male homosexual JAMAICA, 2002
Collected in a UK prison, August 2002. - a prisoner who has recently arrived in prison US, 1864
- Word buzzed through the grapevine about the new “fish”[.] — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 10, 1946
- Much more, however, responsibility for lifting me from that blue funk of depression this place must naturally impress on “Fish”–new convicts–can be attributed to an increasing awareness[.] — Neal Cassady, Grace Beats Karma, p. 61, 16 October 1958
- Bud was between romances, the Parole Board having sent his pre-vious inamorata out several weeks prior to the time Sam showed up in his group of “fish.” — . New York Mattachine Newsletter, p. 6, July 1961
- As a “fish” (prison slang for a new inmate) at Charlestown, I was physically miserable and as evil-tempered as a snake, being suddenly without drugs. — Malcolm X and Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 152, 1964
- He told this straw boss that he was talkin’ to these fishes over here. — Henry Williamson, Hustler!, p. 70, 1965
- All “fish” new cons were housed here to be given a thorough medi-cal check out and classification before being assigned to work details out in “population.” — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 50, 1969
- “Dont touch it, fish,” warned the fumigator, using the handle for new prisoners. — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 167, 1990
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 52, 1996
- a lover NORFOLK ISLAND
- — Beryl Nobbs Palmer, A Dictionary of Norfolk Words and Usages, p. 14, 1992
- a person UK, 1722
Always suffixed to an adjective. - Sophie has not provided the safe harbour that this poor fish [Prince Edward] needs. — The Guardian, 1 October 2001
- He is, on the face of it, a cold fish. — The Observer, 21 July 2002
- a fool UK
- How we gonna find out where he lives, you fish? — Dog Eat Dog, 2000
- a heavy drinker US
- — Judi Sanders, Cal Poly Slang, p. 4, 1990
- a drug addict who supports his habit by pimping US
- — American Speech, p. 87, May 1955: “Narcotic argot along the Mexican border”
- in poker, an unskilled player who is a likely victim of a skilled professional US
- — Peter O. Steiner, Thursday Night Poker, p. 411, 1996
- in on-line poker, the weakest player in the game
- in cricket, a weak batsman TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1990
- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
- a poor chess player US
- — American Speech, p. 233, Autumn-Winter 1971: “Checkschmuck! The slang of the chess player”
- in oil drilling, any object inadvertently dropped down a well US
- — Jerry Robertson, Oil Slanguage, p. 54, 1954
- a Plymouth Barracuda car US
- — Wayne Floyd, Jason’s Authentic Dictionary of CB Slang, p. 16, 1976
- a torpedo US
- — American Speech, p. 38, February 1948: “Talking under water: speech in submarines”
- a dollar US
- — Hyman E. Goldin et al., Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, p. 70, 1950
- The clients of the Carne Organization were charged a minimum, of one hundred fish per diem and they expected service in their homes. — Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, p. 97, 1953
- in electric line work, a glass strain insulator US
- — A.B. Chance Co., Lineman’s Slang Dictionary, p. 7, 1980
- a pimp US
- “Jean wouldn’t waste two minutes talking to a fish.” — Malcolm Braly, Shake Him Till He Rattles, p. 40, 1963
- a professional wrestler who is regularly assigned to lose to advance the careers of others US
- Sometimes known as fish, redshirts or PLs (professional losers). — rec.sports.pro-wrestling, 17 July 1990
▶ have other fish to fry; have bigger fish to fry
to have other business, or other things to do or achieve UK, 1660- You’re not that important, kid. They got bigger fish to fry. — Derek Bickerton, Payroll, p. 76, 1959
- Clearly, the talented and the impassioned have other fish to fry. — New Statesman, 31 January 2000
- Teams with bigger fish to fry leave room for flounders — The Guardian, 8 March 2003
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