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Lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States
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porgy
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Porgy: A Play in Four Acts is a play by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward , adapted from the short novel by DuBose Heyward. It was first produced by the Theatre Guild and presented October 10, 1927–August 1928 at the Guild Theatre in New York City . Featuring ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc[`u]p, fr. mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zo["o]l.) A marine sparoid food fish ( Stenotomus chrysops , or S. argyrops ), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
name given to various sea fishes, 1725, probably from pargo "sea bream" (1550s), from Spanish or Portuguese pargo , from Latin phagrum (nom. phager ), from Greek phagros "sea bream."
Usage examples of porgy.
At last a northwest wind drove it off the shore, and on the second clear day the little steamer Moonbeam, engaged in the porgy fishery, came up to the cove with a small sloop in tow and three dejected, exhausted, and thoroughly disgusted navigators on board.
Mackerel Cove was that the Toad, seen aground on the Clamshell June 19 by the Halifax lumberman, and found aground on the same ledge July 11 by the porgy steamer, had remained aground uninterruptedly between those two dates, the crew, meanwhile, consuming the four kegs of rum.
Discouraged and sick at heart, they sank down under the weight of their terrible disappointment and knew nothing more until they found themselves on board the porgy steamer Moonbeam, steaming up Mackerel Cove.
The last state census accords to Pocock Island a population of 311, mostly engaged in the porgy fisheries.
To this day they are a little sensitive upon the subject, feeling evidently that if the matter got abroad, it might injure the sale of the really excellent porgy oil which is the product of their sole manufacturing interest.
He has embarked in the porgy oil business, and his operations already rival those of Hodgdon, his old partner in the Mary Emmeline and the Puttyboat.
Ray Charles with Norman Granz during 1976 recording of Porgy and Bess.
Norman Granz once suggested that I do Porgy and Bess, and I liked the idea of doing a whole book.
THE LIVELY LADY 63 Thirty or forty can fight her as well as a hundred and twenty could fight our brig, and she can be made to look as harmless and unimportant as a porgy fisherman.
Chad whispered as he tried to dislodge a few porgies that had gotten tangled in the mesh.
She turned quickly to plow her way through the porgies on the deck, but confused by the conflicting jumble of sensations rushing through her body, she staggered and fell, head first, into the slimy, dying fish.
He glanced at the tons of porgies still waiting to be freed from the net.
With the splitting strap freed, more porgies could slide into the cod end of the net.
His arms became weary, his back ached, and his toes stung but he kept at his task, placing more boards across the stalls, packing the porgies with ice, careful to keep the fish away from the walls of the stall.
The mackerel and porgies were always where the Judas Iscariot was not.