Herrings put into a tub with salt or brine, later spitted on sharp wooden spits, and hung up in a chimney to be smoked and dried. Such preserved fish would keep for months (and indeed they were transported in barrels to provide protein on long sea voyages) but were inedible in this state and needed to be soaked to soften them and remove the salt before they could be cooked.
Do I smell a rat?
One key characteristic of red herrings, apart from their colour, was their strong smell, so much so that one use for them on occasion was to train hounds to follow a scent.
a deliberately misleading object
Do I smell a rat?
One key characteristic of red herrings, apart from their colour, was their strong smell, so much so that one use for them on occasion was to train hounds to follow a scent.
a deliberately misleading object
by Andreas Wb May 10, 2005
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When you're leaving somewhere, but still you stand tall, because maybe they've seen you and will welcome you, and you're sure that you'll miss her so especially with there being so many light years to go and things to be found.
"Ohh
We're heading for Venus and still we stand tall
'Cause maybe they've seen us and welcome us all, yea
With so many light years to go and things to be found
(To be found)
I'm sure that we'll all miss her so"
Europe - "The Final Countdown"
We're heading for Venus and still we stand tall
'Cause maybe they've seen us and welcome us all, yea
With so many light years to go and things to be found
(To be found)
I'm sure that we'll all miss her so"
Europe - "The Final Countdown"
by Seamus "CMS" O'Reilly September 30, 2011
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by annaleigh February 14, 2004
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by Jules Marie July 5, 2006
Get the tonya harding mug.abbie harding is a ginger munter who has a very big nose and lack of common sense. she is an alcoholic and would never turn down a night out on't town, she likes to have a good time and a cheeky pull. she likes her vodka and chicken korma. abbie harding is not a vegetarian, although she claims she is.
abbie harding usually goes for guys called harry benn.
abbie harding usually goes for guys called harry benn.
by godfromabove123 August 23, 2011
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Harding was from humble roots in the midwest, spoke in a a simple country manner, promised government jobs to his friends, had an administration largely associated with corruption, had a vice president who didn't say much, was immensely popular when he was elected before seeing his popularity nosedive until it was almost non-existent. In short, the only differences between Harding and the junior Bush was that Bush served 8 years to Harding's 2, and Harding never sent a single American soldier overseas to die.
Harding was not, in fact, a negro (this rumor was started by his oppositon prior to the 1920 election), though he was the first President elected after the passing of the 19th Amendment (the amendment that allowed women to vote). Unlike the junior Bush, Harding actually succeeded an *un*popular President, in that Woodrow Wilson won re-election by promising not to get involved in World War I, then entered it anyway. Another departue from Bush was the sheer mediocrity of his successor, Calvin Coolidge, who was famous for spending most of his eight years at the golf course.
The G does not, in fact, stand for Gangster.
Harding was from humble roots in the midwest, spoke in a a simple country manner, promised government jobs to his friends, had an administration largely associated with corruption, had a vice president who didn't say much, was immensely popular when he was elected before seeing his popularity nosedive until it was almost non-existent. In short, the only differences between Harding and the junior Bush was that Bush served 8 years to Harding's 2, and Harding never sent a single American soldier overseas to die.
Harding was not, in fact, a negro (this rumor was started by his oppositon prior to the 1920 election), though he was the first President elected after the passing of the 19th Amendment (the amendment that allowed women to vote). Unlike the junior Bush, Harding actually succeeded an *un*popular President, in that Woodrow Wilson won re-election by promising not to get involved in World War I, then entered it anyway. Another departue from Bush was the sheer mediocrity of his successor, Calvin Coolidge, who was famous for spending most of his eight years at the golf course.
The G does not, in fact, stand for Gangster.
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Gertrude: I'm just talkin' 'bout Warren G. Harding.
Bertha: Then I can dig it.
Bertha: Shut yo mouth!
Gertrude: I'm just talkin' 'bout Warren G. Harding.
Bertha: Then I can dig it.
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