tin fish

noun

, Slang.

1. a torpedo.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tin fish¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

“I jumped up on the tubes again to follow our little tin fish on its swim,” he resumed.

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He had scooped a hole in the sand, lined it with clay, filled it with sea-water, and stocked it with his shining tin fish.

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"Now Fritz can use his tin-fish as often as he likes," he thought gleefully.

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And that's no Bullsheveki, fur you know derie when one of them tin fish strikes a transport, yer jest as well let your voice fall.

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"Oh, easily," said Conyers, as he raised his eyes to where the little tin fish hung glittering above him.

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