fish ball

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English

Noun

fish ball (plural fish balls)

  1. Alternative spelling of fishball
    • 1913 Eleanor Porter: Pollyanna: Chapter 8:
      "I know. You have to look for cheap things when you're poor. Father and I took meals out a lot. We had beans and fish balls most generally. We used to say how glad we were we liked beans—that is, we said it specially when we were looking at the roast turkey place, you know, that was sixty cents. Does Mr. Pendleton like beans?"