subs. phr. (American).—A herring: cf. BILLINGSGATE-PHEASANT, GLASGOW-MAGISTRATE, etc.
1851. ABBY ALLIN, Home Ballads, 19, ‘New England and New Englanders.’
| Our Fisheries o’er the world are famed, | |
| The mackerel, shad, and cod! | |
| And ‘TAUNTON TURKEYS’ are so thick, | |
| We sell them by the rod! |
