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Scup

noun
1.
Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States.
2.
Lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States.  Synonym: porgy.
3.
Porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America.  Synonyms: southern porgy, southern scup, Stenotomus aculeatus.
4.
Found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish.  Synonyms: northern porgy, northern scup, Stenotomus chrysops.



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"Scup" Quotes from Famous Books



... "run bendolas" or "kittly-benders," or simply "benders." In different latitudes the phrase varies,—one-half of it going to Plymouth Colony, and the other abiding in Massachusetts Bay. And this tendency to dismember a word is curiously shown in that savory fish which the Indian christened "scup-paug." Eastward he swims as "scup," while at the Manhattan end of the Sound he is fried as "porgie." And apropos of him, let us note a curious instance of the tenacity of associated ideas. The street boys of our day and early home were wont to term the hetairai ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, No. 38, December, 1860 • Various
... come, I'll make a bargain with you; I'll engage to fix up a scup for you if you'll give ...
— The Wide, Wide World • Susan Warner
... "kittly-benders," or simply "benders." In different latitudes the phrase varies,—one-half of it going to Plymouth Colony, and the other abiding in Massachusetts Bay. And this tendency to dismember a word is curiously shown in that savory fish which the Indian christened "scup-paug." Eastward he swims as "scup," while at the Manhattan end of the Sound he is fried as "porgie." And apropos of him, let us note a curious instance of the tenacity of associated ideas. The street boys of our day and early home were ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, No. 38, December, 1860 • Various
... when they came proved to be nice little pan-fish, not unlike what in New England are called "scup." All the party took kindly to them; but the muffins were a great disappointment, tough and tasteless, with a flavor about them as of ...
— What Katy Did Next • Susan Coolidge


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