kipper

  1. Noun.  A split, salted and smoked herring.
  2. Noun.  (military) An RAF World War II code name for patrols to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.
  3. Verb.  To prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion.

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