yesterfang

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noun

That which was captured or caught on the previous day or former occasion; a previous day's catch.

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Meanings

nounyesterfang (uncountable)
  1. obsoleterareuncountableThat which was captured or caught on the previous day or former occasion; a previous day's catch.

    Although milians and infinite numbers of them [fish] be taken, yet on the next [day] their losse will be so supplied with new store that nothing shall be missing of the yesterfang.

    1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Scotlande, […]”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC

Origin

From yester- + fang (“catch”).

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APA

yesterfang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yesterfang

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“yesterfang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yesterfang. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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