scrod
pronunciation
How to pronounce scrod in British English:
UK [skrɒd]
How to pronounce scrod in American English:
US [skrɒd]
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- Noun:
- flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled
- young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking
Word Origin
- scrod (n.)
- 1841, "young cod, split and fried or boiled," possibly from Dutch schrood "piece cut off," from Middle Dutch scrode "shred" (cognate with Old English screade "piece cut off;" see shred (n.)). If this is the origin, the notion is probably of fish cut into pieces for drying or cooking.A Boston brahmin is on a business trip to Philadelphia. In search of dinner, and hungry for that Boston favorite, broiled scrod, he hops into a cab and asks the driver, "My good man, take me someplace where I can get scrod." The cabbie replies, "Pal, that's the first time I've ever been asked that in the passive pluperfect subjunctive." [an old joke in Philadelphia, this version of it from "Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch," Constance Hale, 2012]
Example
- 1. You 're getting scrod .
- 2. What 's a wee scrod like you care about the king anyway ?