Poor-john

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Poor-john \Poor"-john`\, n. (Zool.)
     A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior
     quality.
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           Poor-john and apple pies are all our fare. --Sir J.


                                                    Harrington.
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