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FLAT-FISH

Specialty Definition: FLAT-FISH

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Literature

Flat-fish He is a regular flat-fish. A dull, stupid fellow, not up to anything. The play is upon flat (stupid), and such fish as plaice, dabs, and soles. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Date "FLAT-FISH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references)


Crosswords: FLAT-FISH

Specialty definitions using "FLAT-FISH": Lemon Soles. (references)

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Modern Translation: FLAT-FISH

Language Translations for "FLAT-FISH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

kampela (flounder). (various references)

   

Irish

  

leathóg. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

at-fishflay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: FLAT-FISH

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: flatfish.

Words within the letters "a-f-f-h-i-l-s-t"

-1 letter: haffits.

-2 letters: faiths, fifths, filths, haffit, lathis, latish, tahsil.

-3 letters: alifs, alist, fails, faith, fiats, fifth, filth, flash, flats, flits, hafis, hafts, hails, halts, hilts, laith, lathi, laths, lifts, litas, saith, shaft, shalt, shift, staff, stiff, tails, tiffs.

-4 letters: ails, aits, alif, alit, alts, fail, fash, fast, fats, fiat, fila, fils, fish, fist, fits.

 Words containing the letters "a-f-f-h-i-l-s-t"
 

+1 letter: faithfuls.

 

+2 letters: flatfishes.

 

+4 letters: faithfulness.

 

+5 letters: standoffishly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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