FISHY in a Sentence

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For FISHY, below is one of 4 sentences:
All this time he was squeezing my hand with his damp fishy fingers, while I made every effort I decently could to get it away.

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 Meanings and Examples of FISHY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fishy
 a.  dull and expressionless, like the eye of a fish; suspicious; inspiring doubt
Classic Sentence:
1  And the mere sight of the torment, with his fishy eyes and mouth open, his sandy hair inquisitively on end, and his waistcoat heaving with windy arithmetic, made me vicious in my reticence.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
2  All this time he was squeezing my hand with his damp fishy fingers, while I made every effort I decently could to get it away.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
3  Fishiest of all fishy places was the Try Pots, which well deserved its name; for the pots there were always boiling chowders.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15. Chowder.
Example Sentence:
1  There was something fishy about the accident.