fishwrapper

Noun

1. Alternative form of fish wrapper.
   • I took a long, hot soak in the bathtub and spent another twenty minutes with the local fishwrapper while waiting for my duds to return. The Post-Intelligencer brought me up to date on witch burning as they practice it...
   • A well-arranged badger fight, particularly one that drew a raucous crowd, often rated a Page 1 story in the local fishwrapper. - 1987, Jack Fleming, “The Badger Fight”, in Copper Times: An Animated Chronicle of White...
   • Everett bowed, flexed his biceps, and when a familiar detective happened too close to collect the suspect’s firearm, he found himself suddenly swaddled in a big dinosaur hug, just as a photographer from the local...