twice-laid
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Meaning · English
A dish prepared from cold fish and potatoes.
Register: archaic, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
There should have been there a superb dish of twice-laid, only the rats had eaten up all the salt fish, and the Commodore and his friends had eaten up all the potatoes […]
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “twice-laid” mean?
A dish prepared from cold fish and potatoes.
Is “twice-laid” formal or informal?
twice-laid is generally archaic, slang.