You bet he would, the durned old halibut!
"The Girl of the Golden West"
David Belasco
The principal vegetables to be had in Iceland are turnips and potatoes, and of these there is only a limited supply; so that really fish remains the one staple diet of the Island,-on the coast this is eaten fresh, but it is dried before being packed and sent into the interior-cod, salmon, haddock, trout, halibut, herrings, flounders, and sometimes sharks.
"A Girl's Ride in Iceland"
Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie
The New England fishermen, in the main, seek three sorts of fish-the mackerel, the cod, and the halibut.
"American Merchant Ships and Sailors"
Willis J. Abbot