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Brewer's: Blown Herrings
are bloated herrings. The French bouffi (blown) is analogous to both expressions. Blown herrings are herrings bloated, swollen, or cured by smoking.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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