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kipper

a male salmon during the spawning season

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As well as curing the herring to make kippers they would sell crabs and winkles they gathered from the scuar below the cliffs and Whitby Abbey, and the rest as they say is, history."

Whitby company Noble's Shellfish & Curing wins three Great Taste awards

We should remember that another name for kipper is red herring.

Johnson jibes a red herring

As Boris Johnson looks set for Number 10, Kevin Maguire says his premiership is doomed before it's started, highlighting his attempted jibe about EU kippers backfiring when it emerged that rules about transporting the smoked fish were, in fact, our own.

Fish and another foul from Boris; YOUR VOICE

As is so often the case with a Johnson claim, his attack on the EU overlords and their kipper diktat was nonsense.

Ewan McColm: Boris Johnson's fishy -- and even the Tories will smell it soon

His embarrassing gaffe came at a Tory hustings after he suddenly whipped out the kipper in a plastic bag that came from a supplier on the Isle of Man.

My kipper is a whopper

"Poached eggs, kippers, toast and honey, washed down with a pot of coffee," he apparently told his friend, adding: "I'm a good cook mate."

"I eat better than most out there": Serial killer Levi Bellfield brags about feasting on steak and kippers in prison; Evil Bellfield, 49, will die behind bars after being convicted of murdering 13-year-old schoolgirl Milly Dowler and two young women

Craster kippers are kippers from the Northumberland village of Craster, said by some to be the best British kipper.

Toon beef gets MP's backing; TOWN MOOR CATTLE MEAT MENTIONED IN COMMONS LABEL DEBATE

HAS Jim Troughton ordered the kippers? That is the big question as Warwickshire prepare to round off their triumphant championship season against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge tomorrow.

Troughton facing a trawl for kippers to keep Warwickshire title tradition going

As our establishment was high class a lot of our customers were 'upper crust' so it was a classic case of 'kippers and curtains' - collar and cuffs being the curtains, the tail the kippers.

Days of thick smog; LETTERS

With the holiday season behind us and another year of financial strategizing ahead, it's time for families to address the subject of KIPPERS.

Beware the KIPPERS phenomenon

Before she vanished, Suzy met a client named in her diary as Mr Kipper. Divorced father of one Cannan is alleged to have been dubbed "Kipper" whilst in prison for another offence as he always asked for kippers for breakfast and because he fell asleep easily.

Suzy dad's heartbreak as search hopes fade

The 'Full Works' combines a 'Healthy Option' of citrus fruits, cereals and probiotic yogurt with the Great British - bacon, egg and the trimmings - or smoked salmon, or kippers. Alternatively, diners can now enjoy the 'Healthy Option', a vegetarian grill, salmon or kippers, as individual choices.