"fishkettle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fishkettles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fishkettle (plural fishkettles)
  1. Alternative form of fish kettle. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: fish kettle
    Sense id: en-fishkettle-en-noun-tLmJdGR7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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