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herring pond en · NOUN

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  1. (informal, uncountable) The ocean, especially the Atlantic or the English Channel.
    • Mr. Little Gilmour, it will delight all old sportsmen to know, is still able to be at Melton; and our neighbours across the herring-pond will learn with satisfaction that the Messrs. Russell have been enjoying themselves on their Australian importations, […] 1877, Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, volume 30, page 197:

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