sardinewise
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sardine + -wise, from the way that those fish are tinned.
Adverb
[edit]sardinewise (not comparable)
- Packed tightly into a small space.
- 1894, George Du Maurier, Trilby[1], New York: Harper, Part 5, p. 250:
- And what added so much to the charm of this delightful concert was that the guests were not packed together sardinewise, as they are at most concerts; they were comparatively few and well chosen, and could get up and walk about and talk to their friends between the pieces […]
- 1967, Edmund Wilson, A Prelude[2], New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 181:
- David Hamilton offered to share his bunk with me, and we slept head to feet, sardinewise.