RASHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rasher mean? 

• RASHER (noun)
  The noun RASHER has 1 sense:

1. a commercially important fish of the Pacific coast of North America

  Familiarity information: RASHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RASHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A commercially important fish of the Pacific coast of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

rasher; Sebastodes miniatus; vermillion rockfish

Hypernyms ("rasher" is a kind of...):

rockfish (marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America)

 Context examples 

“Or would you be persuaded to try a new-laid hegg? or should I brile a rasher? Ain't there nothing I could do for your dear aunt, Mr. Copperfull?”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He received us in his quietly genial fashion, ordered fresh rashers and eggs, and joined us in a hearty meal.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I sat down to my brown loaf, my egg, and my rasher of bacon, with a basin of milk besides, and made a most delicious meal.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

There was a gridiron in the pantry, on which my morning rasher of bacon was cooked.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)