kipper

Example Sentences

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He’s holding a kipper; he’s holding a potted plant.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2021

It was a kipper – a smoked fish – wrapped in plastic.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2019

In a speech last week to party members during his party leadership campaign, Johnson brandished a kipper fish and pointed to its freezer packaging to ridicule the absurdity of European Union regulation.

From Reuters • Jul. 23, 2019

I haven't been yet done up like a kipper, have I?

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2017

Oatmeal cake was a tolerable idea, but the possibility of kipper cake made them gag.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood