fish house

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English

Noun

fish house (plural fish houses)

  1. Alternative form of fishhouse
    1. Business that supports and buys from fishermen.
      • 1998, David Stick, An Outer Banks Reader, page 175:
        In the center of the fish house, a metal conveyor belt dropped stiff, gaping trout onto a second belt to be sorted into bins according to size.
      • 2009, Sara E. Lewis, James City County, page 77:
        On the Chickahominy, the Hazelwood brothers' fish house at Hicks Island and the Menzel brothers' fish house near the old shipyard thrived by serving local and distant markets. As late as 1977, a Publick Observer article boasted, "If you are served turtle soup in Atlanta or catfish in Ft. Wayne, Ind., chances are good that the main ingredients came from the waters of the James or the Chickahominy."
      • 2012, John Farris, Dragonfly:
        There was a pier, a marina, a fish house, and a large anchorage by the fish house for both commercial shrimpers and charter fishing boats.
    2. Temporary structure for ice fishing
      • 2006, Journal of the House of Representatives, State of Minnesota:
        Except as provided in paragraph (d), a shelter, including a fish house or dark house, may not be on the ice between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise after the following dates:
      • 2008, Mark Martin, Pro TacticsTM: Walleye:
        When holes are drilled and a fish house put up, it's time to get busy.
      • 2012, Dennis Esler -, Tales of a Teenager, page 34:
        Later that winter Melvin had an old fish house that he set up for me to use when Dad and I came to visit.
    3. Fish restaurant
      • 2012, Caroline Stuart, Food of Miami:
        Along U.S. Route 1, you'll find the area's best family fish house, the Captain's Tavern, with an ideal mix of both simple fried fish and designer seafood.
      • 2014, Fred Thompson, The Kamado Grill Cookbook:
        When he was living in Portugal, he would cook them at the beach over a driftwood fire, skewered on a stick. This recipe is a mash-up of Joseph's method and a recipe from a fish house on the Amalfi Coast
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