carps

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No different than some of these guys in the middle of our lineup, the Carps and Smoaks.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2011

Gesner says, a Carp has been known to live in the Palatine above a hundred years But most conclude, that, contrary to the Pike or Luce, all Carps are the better for age and bigness.

From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak

And note, that clods of grass thrown into any pond feed any Carps in summer; and that garden-earth and parsley thrown into a pond recovers and refreshes the sick fish.

From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak

The age of Carps is by Sir Francis Bacon, in his History of Life and Death, observed to be but ten years; yet others think they live longer.

From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak

When your Fish are thus purify'd, dress your Carps after the following manner: To Stew Carps or Tench.

From The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm by Bradley, Richard