carps
Example Sentences
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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
We fetched 244 Carps in three Dung Carts from a stew of Parson Citizen at Street; being brought thither last night out of the above pond.
From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur
These likewise may be put about stew'd Carps, Tench, or roasted Jacks, by way of Garnish, with scraped Horse-Radish, and pickled Barberries.
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
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
You may do Carps, Eeles, Trouts, &c. this way, and they Tast also to your mind.
