kippered

kippered: adj

British

devastated, trounced, stitched up or gut-ted. A working-class term which is cur-rently in vogue among the fashionable young in London. The metaphor is 'dead, gutted, skinned and cooked', in the sense of thoroughly humiliated or taken advantage of, and is probably inspired by the earlier 'done up like a kipper'.

► 'I wouldn't advise you to try doing busi-ness with them. I tell you, I was kippered (Recorded, advertising executive, London, 1988)

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Kippered — Kipper Kip per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kippered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kippering}.] To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. Kippered salmon. Dickens. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
kippered — adj. salted dried and smoked (of fish) kipÂ·per || kÉªpÉ™(r) n. fish that has been salted dried and smoked (British); salted and smoked herring v. cure fish, preserve fish by salting drying and smoking … English contemporary dictionary
kippered — adjective cure (a herring) in such a way. → kipper … English new terms dictionary
kippered — … Useful english dictionary
kippered herring — kipper (1) … Dictionary of ichthyology
kippered products — in the U.S.A. refers to hot smoked, dyed and brined fish … Dictionary of ichthyology
kippered herring — n. herring which is salted and smoked, kipper … English contemporary dictionary
kippered herring — noun salted and smoked herring • Syn: ↑kipper • Hypernyms: ↑herring … Useful english dictionary
kippered salmon — noun salted and smoked salmon • Hypernyms: ↑salmon … Useful english dictionary
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