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Origin Of "Scrod" Researched
The definition of Scrod was originally a small cod, but eventually the preparation of cooking was added to its definition.

06-Aug-2007 ? CelebrateBoston completed research on the origin of the term "scrod." From newspaper articles of the 1880s and 1890s, one can infer that scrod was originally a small cod weighing less than 4 pounds. By  1900, local chefs had added how the fish was prepared for cooking to the definition. CelebrateBoston's Scrod page describes the history of the famous Boston word.

The term "scrimpy" went into use in the English language in the mid-1800s. Using conjecture, one could also infer that scrod was originally a combination of the words "scrimpy" and "cod," and was used as slang by Boston fishermen.

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