fish cake
or fish·cake
a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt cod or whitefish, and mashed or grated potato, bread crumbs, or flour.
Origin of fish cake
1- Also called fish ball [fish-bawl] /ˈfɪʃ ˌbɔl/ .
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How to use fish cake in a sentence
Nothing I transform ever gets back to its former shape again, so these fish-balls can never more be pebbles.
The Tin Woodman of Oz | L. Frank BaumIt consisted of coffee, trout fish-balls, broiled ham, rice and wheat crepes (pancakes) with butter and maple sugar.
Fishing With The Fly | Charles F. Orvis and OthersBeat up an egg and work it into the potato and meat, then form the mixture into little cakes the size of fish balls.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) | Mrs. F.L. GilletteThey get fish-balls three times a week for breakfast, as reg'lar as Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday comes round.
A Modern Instance | William Dean HowellsCut open the bag, put the fish balls on a hot platter, garnish and serve plain with a tomato sauce.
Standard Paper-Bag Cookery | Emma Paddock Telford
British Dictionary definitions for fishcake
/ (ˈfɪʃˌkeɪk) /
a fried ball of flaked fish mixed with mashed potatoes
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