"herring-gutted" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more herring-gutted [comparative], most herring-gutted [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} herring-gutted (comparative more herring-gutted, superlative most herring-gutted)
  1. Of a person, thin; emaciated.
    Sense id: en-herring-gutted-en-adj-QxnvAcSL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1837, Frederick Marryat, The Dog Fiend, Or Snarleyyow, London: George Routledge and Sons, page 7, column 1:",
          "text": "\"Have you not a herring there, you herring-gutted scoundrel?\"",
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        {
          "ref": "1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 42:",
          "text": "\"Instead of being a rollicking bull-necked quarterstaff player with an eye for a wench and a good but untutored voice for roaring a roundelay, he's nothing but a weasel-faced herring-gutted wowser deliberately stuck in a cell to mislead travellers.\"",
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