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codfish aristocracy

A disparaging term for people who are recently rich. It was originally applied to the nouveau riche in 19th-century Boston. Primarily heard in US. I can't stand that members of the codfish aristocracy think that they belong at formal occasions with the more established families. Old money families spend to benefit the community. The codfish aristocracy, on the other hand, just throws their money away on meaningless material goods. If you go to Boston College, you'll become acquainted with the codfish aristocracy soon enough. They're gauche, and they're all over that fine city.
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John's, determined the price paid for the codfish and it varied widely throughout the season, depending on where in Newfoundland it was caught and how it was cured.
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The traditional method of codfish production of the Spanish trawler fleet was to salt it on-board.
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The first European to discover the province was Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) in the late 15th century, but it was the lure of codfish that first attracted settlers in greater numbers 50 years later.
Although the codfish liver in question does not pose an imminent threat to a human, the Inspection Authority does not recommend its consumption".
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There was time on shore for lunch, to tuck into the national dish of green banana and codfish, before we headed back to the ship.
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