Citations:fish-scale

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English citations of fish-scale

Adjective: "Usually of roofing tiles or shingles, shaped and laid in such a way that they resemble the scales of a fish."

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2022
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  • 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:
    The station also boasts a large semi-domed French pavilion roof with fish-scale tiles and iron cresting, plus a rectangular hall with arcaded upper storey and wooden lantern.

Noun: "Alternative form of fishscale; uncut cocaine."

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2015
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  • 2015, Duane Swierczynski, Canary‎[1], unnumbered page:
    "You can get anything on here—isn't it incredible?" Slick Guy continues. "I couldn't believe it, either. I mean anything. MDMA from Holland, high-end weed, fish-scale coke, whatever.
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