fish camp

noun — 2 senses

fish camp

noun
1

US, Regional A restaurant serving fried seafood.

  • The whole region is dotted with restaurants very much like Taylor Grocery (once called fish camps) that sell only fried fish, and when I was growing up, the announcement that we were eating out meant we were going to the fish camp.2009, Damon Fowler, Classical Southern Cooking, page 124:
2

A Native American seasonal camp for the purpose of catching fish and smoking them.

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