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In the massachusetts statehouse, high above the gallery in the house of representatives, directly opposite the painting of John Hancock proposing the Bill of Rights, there hangs a five-foot-long wooden codfish.
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Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Developed in England in the 1950s as a codfish lure, the Red Gill eventually migrated across the Atlantic, where surfcasters quickly put it to use.
—Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
As a former Portuguese colony, Macao is known for food traditions like egg tarts, African chicken and bacalao (codfish fritters).
—Lilit Marcus, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
Lewin suggests serving a variety of not-too-fancy-but-still-very-chic tins of sliced octopus, calamari, or codfish.
—Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2021
The current codfish is believed to be the third iteration to hang over Massachusetts legislators since their Colonial gatherings at the Old State House, then called the Town House and located near today’s City Hall.
—Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2023
From playing mumblypeg to dressing a codfish, a jackknife goes with boyhood and manhood in Maine, and over and beyond one’s own uses.
—John Gould, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2022
Its specialties include regional staples such as the Fisherman’s Brewis, which includes cooked hard bread and codfish mixed with fried onions and pork scrunchions.
—Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
An entertaining museum with a focus on Portugal’s fishing trade, which includes an interactive fishing boat and an aquarium stocked with codfish.
—Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
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Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Developed in England in the 1950s as a codfish lure, the Red Gill eventually migrated across the Atlantic, where surfcasters quickly put it to use.
—Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
As a former Portuguese colony, Macao is known for food traditions like egg tarts, African chicken and bacalao (codfish fritters).
—Lilit Marcus, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
Lewin suggests serving a variety of not-too-fancy-but-still-very-chic tins of sliced octopus, calamari, or codfish.
—Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2021
The current codfish is believed to be the third iteration to hang over Massachusetts legislators since their Colonial gatherings at the Old State House, then called the Town House and located near today’s City Hall.
—Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2023
From playing mumblypeg to dressing a codfish, a jackknife goes with boyhood and manhood in Maine, and over and beyond one’s own uses.
—John Gould, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2022
Its specialties include regional staples such as the Fisherman’s Brewis, which includes cooked hard bread and codfish mixed with fried onions and pork scrunchions.
—Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
An entertaining museum with a focus on Portugal’s fishing trade, which includes an interactive fishing boat and an aquarium stocked with codfish.
—Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
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14th century, in the meaning defined above
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in the 14th century
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“Codfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/codfish. Accessed 4 Dec. 2023.
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cod·fish
ˈkäd-ˌfish 
: cod
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