"sardinewise" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From sardine + -wise, from the way that those fish are tinned.",
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1894, George Du Maurier, Trilby, New York: Harper, Part 5, p. 250:",
          "text": "And what added so much to the charm of this delightful concert was that the guests were not packed together sardinewise, as they are at most concerts; they were comparatively few and well chosen, and could get up and walk about and talk to their friends between the pieces […]",
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        {
          "ref": "1967, Edmund Wilson, A Prelude, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 181:",
          "text": "David Hamilton offered to share his bunk with me, and we slept head to feet, sardinewise.",
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        "Packed tightly into a small space."
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        {
          "word": "packed like sardines"
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          "word": "sardinelike"
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        "not-comparable"
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  "word": "sardinewise"
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  "etymology_text": "From sardine + -wise, from the way that those fish are tinned.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
      "word": "packed like sardines"
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    {
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          "ref": "1894, George Du Maurier, Trilby, New York: Harper, Part 5, p. 250:",
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        "Packed tightly into a small space."
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  "word": "sardinewise"
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