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scup
[ skuhp ]
noun
- a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the United States, having a compressed body and high back.
scup
/ skʌp /
noun
- a common sparid fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic Also callednorthern porgy
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scup1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; short for earlier and dialectal scuppaug, skippaug, skapaug, from Narragansett ( English spelling) mishcuppaûog, plural (singular mishcùp )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scup1
C19: from Narraganset mishcup, from mishe big + kuppe close together; from the form of the scales
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Example Sentences
They are surface feeders, and swim in large schools in quest of menhaden, scup, and other small fishes.
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Well now, come, I'll make a bargain with you; I'll engage to fix up a scup for you if you'll give me a kiss.
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One of them had declared that he had the "highest old swing," in that "scup," ever taken by mortal, and a good many believed him.
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The street boys of our day and early home were wont to term the hetairai of the public walks "scup."
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Eastward he swims as "scup," while at the Manhattan end of the Sound he is fried as "porgie."
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