finnan haddie

Meaning

Noun

Cold-smoked haddock, representative of a regional method of smoking with green wood and peat in north-east Scotland.

Origin

Perhaps from the hamlet of Findon, Aberdeenshire, or the village of Findhorn at the mouth of the River Findhorn in Moray.

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