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  2. Red herring - Wikipedia

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    The character's name is a loose Italian translation of "red herring" (aringa rosa; rosa actually meaning ' pink ', and very close to rossa, ' red '). [ 9 ] A red herring is found in the first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet , where the murderer writes at the crime scene the word Rache ('revenge' in German), leading the police—and ...

  3. Plot device - Wikipedia

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    The function of a red herring is to divert the audience's attention away from something significant. Red herrings are very common plot devices in mystery, horror, and crime stories. The typical example is in whodunits, in which facts are presented so that the audience is tricked into thinking that an innocent character is the murderer.

  4. Kipper - Wikipedia

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    The Manx word for kipper is skeddan jiarg, literally red herring; the Irish term is scadán dearg with the same meaning. [ citation needed ] Kipper time is the season in which fishing for salmon in the River Thames in the United Kingdom is forbidden by an Act of Parliament ; this period was originally the period 3 May to 6 January but has ...

  5. Taylor Swift ‘TTPD’ Mural Hints at Mysterious ‘Error 321’

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    Fans quickly decoded the jumble of letters to read “red herring” and “DPT” as the reverse initials for the Tortured Poets Department.. Swift, 34, has dropped many clues ahead of TTPD’s ...

  6. Red herring (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A red herring is a figurative expression referring to a logical fallacy in which a clue or piece of information is or is intended to be misleading, or distracting from the actual question. Red herring may also refer to:

  7. Bloater (herring) - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Bloaters are "salted less and smoked for a shorter time" while kippers are "lightly salted and smoked overnight"; both dishes are referred to as red herring. [7] [8] According to George Orwell in The Road to Wigan Pier, "The Emperor Charles V is said to have erected a statue to the inventor of bloaters." [9]

  8. Should you swap red meat for herring? Can this 1 strategy ...

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    A study published in BMJ Global Health suggests that replacing red meat with small fish like herring, sardines and anchovies could save up to 750,000 lives annually by 2050 and reduce disability ...

  9. NYT ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers Today, Friday, February 7

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    We mean it. Read no further until you really want some clues or you've completely given up and want the answers ASAP. Get ready for all of today's NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #607 on ...