Meanings
- pluralplural onlyAnchovies or other small fish marinated in vinegar.
And perhaps to begin we will have some gambas, crawfish, and bocarones, small fish prepared in vinaigrette. Is that all right?” “It sounds wonderful,” Kristen said. And it was.
2011, Barbara Faith, Happy Father's Day, →ISBN2 more examples
“I don't suppose you've ever had bocarones?” He returned her smile. “You'd be right.” “They're filletted anchovies pickled in vinegar, them and a plate of gueldes—you'd have had them here as whitebait, deep-fried herring fry […]"
2014, Patrick Taylor, An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War: An Irish Country Novel, →ISBN, page 260But this could complicate things. He would have to think about it. "Bocarones and rice," he answered, "your favourite, no?" "You're sounding quite the Spaniard now, Papa," she said affectionately, and together they began to prepare the meal.
2014, Carol Macfie Lange, Invisible Child: A Boy's Survival in Franco's Spain, →ISBN, page 33
Origin
- Spanishboquerones
- Englishbocarones
From Spanish boquerones.
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