finnan : Idioms & Phrases


finnan haddie

  • noun haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter
    finnan; smoked haddock; finnan haddie.
WordNet
Fin"nan had"die
Etymology
See Haddock.
Definitions
  1. Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron. fìn"an), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds of smoked haddock. Written also finnan haddock.
Webster 1913

finnan haddock

  • noun haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter
    finnan; smoked haddock; finnan haddie.
WordNet