perchling
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A diminutive or young perch (fish)
Example Sentences
- "For a little while we had fish, small fry, of all sorts and sizes - gudgeon, little perchlings, minnows, anything - all was fish which came to net; but, the worst of it was, there was not much which did so."
- "Guzzling upon your perchlings and sprats […]"
- "[…] well, don't these teeth enjoy crunching shadflybyes, crisp miniminnows, succulent crazyfish, tender snallywaggle snails, luscious leeches, juicy yellow perchlings and even...fresh off-the-bone catfiskie fillets — but only upon occasion, of course."
- "To live there always, I thought, would be bliss, provided that Philip was with me, always in a house covered with ivy and conducted by an aunt who baked and fried for you and tied up your cuts, and would clean half a hundred perchlings for you without a murmur, though by the end of it her face and the adjacent windows were covered with the flying scales."