fish-wrap

adjective

Of low quality or value.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. figurativelyuncommonOf low quality or value.

    We know "what it means to be Carolina", and we can only hope that Barnett learns before he writes another fish-wrap column.

    November 26, 2000, Paul Gardner, “From The Bleachers”, in Sunday News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), page C2
nounfish-wrap (countable and uncountable, plural fish-wraps)

plural fish-wraps

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of fish wrap.
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fish-wrap,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fish-wrap.

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