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sheepshead
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sheepshead \Sheeps"head`\, n. [So called because of the fancied resemblance of its head and front teeth to those of a sheep.] (Zo["o]l.) A large and valuable sparoid food fish ( Archosargus probatocephalus syn. Diplodus probatocephalus ) found on the Atlantic ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico [syn: Archosargus probatocephalus ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sheepshead or Sheephead is a trick-taking card game related to the Skat family of games. It is the Americanized version of a card game that originated in Central Europe in the late 18th century under the German name Schafkopf . Sheepshead is most commonly ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A fish of the species (taxlink Archosargus probatocephalus species noshow=1). 2 A trick-taking card game.
Usage examples of sheepshead.
Dick Kreburn was here Sunday and mentioned sheepshead, I phoned down for Frank to come up and play awhile, and he did.
That was the day he and Dick Kreburn and Frank had played sheepshead, and Frank had stayed a little while after Dick had left.
Turning into Sheepshead Lane, she saw the painted rose hanging beneath the moon.
Faey and to the young woman on Sheepshead Lane, whose sapphire-heeled shoes Mag had tossed down the chimney beneath the sunflowers.
Prepare and clean a large sheepshead, score the sides deeply, and broil, seasoning with salt and pepper, and basting with oil.
Prepare and clean a large sheepshead and put into a buttered fish-pan with four tablespoonfuls of butter, a bunch of parsley, a shredded green pepper, a chopped onion, six peeled and sliced tomatoes, two cupfuls each of white wine and water, and salt and paprika to season.
Clean a sheepshead, cut off the fins and score to the bone on each side.
Put six slices of sheepshead into a buttered baking-pan, spread with the sauce, and bake slowly for an hour.
Prepare and clean a sheepshead, cover with salted and acidulated water, and simmer until done.
Cook a large sheepshead in a fish-boiler with two cupfuls each of water and white wine, two tablespoonfuls of butter, two chopped onions, a chopped green pepper, a bunch of parsley, and salt, pepper, and sweet herbs to season.
He gave her an address in Sheepshead Bay, off the service road of the Belt Parkway near Coney Island Avenue.
Mick west about ten miles along the Belt Parkway down to Sheepshead Bay.
Grandfather had taken him down to Sheepshead Bay, Mick was up on the roof of his building staring at the stars.
Mastimo Funeral Home, went through it all again, how he had been up on the rooftop when Grandfather had been murdered, how he had used his telescope to get the license plate number, how he had pumped Vinnie Mezzatesta, how he had gone to Sheepshead Bay.
In less than two hours I have to be in Sheepshead Bay or he will kill Francie!