EEL
NOUNS
► BUTTERFISH a moray eel → 1878 Amer. dial.
► DERRYFIELD BEEF eels → 1939 Amer. dial.
► EELATOR a small eel → 1891 Eng. dial.
► EELIE-ALLIE the young of the eel → 1913 Sc.
► EELO an eel → 1880 Sc.
► EELY-EELY-ATOR a small eel → 1891 Eng. dial.
► ELVER a young eel → 1755 Eng. dial.
► GRIG a small or young eel → 1611
► MUDWORM an eel → 1700 obs.
► OLIVER a small eel → 1879 Eng. dial.
► PACKIE a very small eel → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PACK-NEEDLE a very small eel → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCAFFLING an eel → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRIGGLER a wriggling creature; an eel → 1895 Eng. dial.
► TOMMY STEELES eels → 20C rhyming sl.
► VALSEN freshwater eels → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► WATTY an eel → 19C Sc. obs.
► YAA ► YAW an eel → 1887 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► PALINGMAN a man who deals in eels → 1475 obs.
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