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fish house en · NOUN

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1. Alternative form of fishhouse. ▸ Business that supports and buys from fishermen.
   • On the Chickahominy, the Hazelwood brothers' fish house at Hicks Island and the Menzel brothers' fish house near the old shipyard thrived by serving local and distant markets. As late as 1977, a Publick Observer article boasted, "If you are served turtle soup in Atlanta or catfish in Ft. Wayne, Ind., chances are good that the main ingredients came from the waters of the James or the Chickahominy." 2009, Sara E. Lewis, James City County, page 77:
   • In the center of the fish house, a metal conveyor belt dropped stiff, gaping trout onto a second belt to be sorted into bins according to size. 1998, David Stick, An Outer Banks Reader, page 175:
   • There was a pier, a marina, a fish house, and a large anchorage by the fish house for both commercial shrimpers and charter fishing boats. 2012, John Farris, Dragonfly:
2. Alternative form of fishhouse. ▸ Temporary structure for ice fishing
   • When holes are drilled and a fish house put up, it's time to get busy. 2008, Mark Martin, Pro Tacticsᵀᴹ: Walleye:
   • Except as provided in paragraph (d), a shelter, including a fish house or dark house, may not be on the ice between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise after the following dates: 2006, Journal of the House of Representatives, State of Minnesota:
   • Later that winter Melvin had an old fish house that he set up for me to use when Dad and I came to visit. 2012, Dennis Esler -, Tales of a Teenager, page 34:
3. Alternative form of fishhouse. ▸ Fish restaurant
   • When he was living in Portugal, he would cook them at the beach over a driftwood fire, skewered on a stick. This recipe is a mash-up of Joseph's method and a recipe from a fish house on the Amalfi Coast 2014, Fred Thompson, The Kamado Grill Cookbook:
   • Along U.S. Route 1, you'll find the area's best family fish house, the Captain's Tavern, with an ideal mix of both simple fried fish and designer seafood. 2012, Caroline Stuart, Food of Miami:

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