chowder

The Sailor's Word-Book

The principal food in the Newfoundland bankers, or stationary fishing vessels; it consists of a stew of fresh cod-fish, rashers of salt pork or bacon, biscuit, and lots of pepper. Also, a buccaneer's savoury dish, and a favourite dish in North America. (See cod-fisher's crew.) Chowder is a fish-seller in the western counties.

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