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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1810
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PLUCK, n.3 The pogge or armed bull-head, Agonus cataphractus.Sc. 1810 P. Neill Fishes 9:
Pluck. Small and ugly, supposed by the fishers to be poisonous. Often taken in oyster-dredges, and herring-nets, but is detested by the fishermen.
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