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Porgy

noun

(pl. porgies)

Lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States. Synonym: scup.

Important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide.

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... among the enticing hooks. Every fisherman handles two lines, and when the fishing is good he is kept busy hauling in and striking off the fish until his arms ache, and the tough skin on his hands is nearly chafed through. Sometimes the hooks are baited with bits of clam or porgy, though usually the mackerel, when biting at all, will snap with avidity at a naked hook, if tinned so as to shine in the water. Mr. Nordhoff, whose reminiscences of life on a fishing boat I have already quoted, describes this method of fishing and ...

— American Merchant Ships and Sailors • Willis J. Abbot