bloater

[ bloh-ter ]

noun

1. a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
2. a mackerel similarly cured.
3. a freshwater cisco, Coregonus hoyi, found in the Great Lakes.

bloater

/ ˈbləʊtə /

noun

1. a herring, or sometimes a mackerel, that has been salted in brine, smoked, and cured
2. slang.
   a fat or greedy person

Word History and Origins

Origin of bloater¹

1825–35; bloat (adj.) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

She stands high on her legs; and her wings have black tips, the rest being yellow, as though exposed to smoke, like a bloater.

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Long before that, the Bloater and Little Jim had sought repose in the cart-shed of a neighbouring stable.

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The Bloater, with a mouth extending from ear to ear and all his teeth displayed, uttered the single word “sold!”

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This peculiarity, be it carefully observed, was natural to the Bloater, who scorned every species of affectation.

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Little Jim looked disconsolate and said nothing, which, as the Bloater testily remarked, was another of his witty rejoinders.

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