Goldfish

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Goldfish crackers

Etymology[edit]

Named from the shape.

Noun[edit]

Goldfish (plural Goldfish)

  1. A small orange saltine-like cracker shaped in the form of a fish.
    • 1983, Joseph Wambaugh, The Delta Star, Morrow/Perigord, page 215:
      They were both working on their second and The Bad Czech was threatening to break the pub record for eating Goldfish, previously held by the chairman of the division of chemistry. [] He took the little fish-shaped cracker and held it in fingers as big as 50-milliliter test tubes.
    • 2007, George Stella, Eating Stella Style, Simon & Schuster, page 63:
      For me, Goldfish crackers were always a comfort food growing up.

Usage notes[edit]

“Goldfish” is a registered trademark of Pepperidge Farm.