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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sardine1 /sɑːˈdiːn/
▶noun
- 1 a young pilchard or other young or small herring-like fish.
- 2 (sardines) [treated as sing.] Brit. a children's game in which one child hides and the other children, as they find the hider, join him or her in the hiding place.
– phrases
packed like sardines crowded close together, as sardines in tins.
packed like sardines crowded close together, as sardines in tins.
– origin ME: from Fr., or from L. sardina, from sarda, from Gk, prob. from Sardō ‘Sardinia’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sardine2 /ˈsɑːdʌɪn/
▶noun another term for sardius.
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