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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pickleherringnoun

    A jack-pudding; a merry-andrew; a zany; a buffoon.

    Etymology: pickle and herring.

    Another branch of pretenders to this art, without horse or pickleherring, lie snug in a garret. Spectator, №. 572.

    The pickleherring found the way to shake him, for upon his whistling a country jig, this unlucky wag danced to it with such a variety of grimaces, that the countryman could not forbear smiling, and lost the prize. Joseph Addison, Spect.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pickleherring in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pickleherring in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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