"fish-eating grin" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-fish-eating grin.ogg Forms: fish-eating grins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=fish-eating grin}} fish-eating grin (plural fish-eating grins)
  1. (idiomatic) Euphemistic form of shit-eating grin, with assonance and metre in concord; compare, for example, goshdarnit for goddamnit. Tags: euphemistic, form-of, idiomatic Form of: shit-eating grin (extra: compare, for example, goshdarnit for goddamnit), with assonance and metre in concord (extra: compare, for example, goshdarnit for goddamnit) Categories (topical): Facial expressions
    Sense id: en-fish-eating_grin-en-noun-Ks9c9zFm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English euphemisms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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