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Fish heads from Cornwall or Devon (3)

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cod

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'fish' is the definition.
(type of fish)

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(Other definitions for cod that I've seen before include "to be paid for when it arrives" , "No payment in advance" , "Hoax (sl.); fish" , "A joke of a fish?" , "A foolish sort of a fish" .)

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