mackerel breeze

noun

A strong breeze which ruffles the surface of the water, favourable for catching mackerel.

First used 18th c.
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Meanings

nounmackerel breeze (plural mackerel breezes)

plural mackerel breezes

  1. A strong breeze which ruffles the surface of the water, favourable for catching mackerel.First known use 18th c.

    While they tacked to and fro in the river, under the impulse of a mackerel breeze, the physician expressed his satisfaction, and Pallet was ravished with the entertainment.

    1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
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