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These are Turbots, and are accounted most excellent eating.

From Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy by Stockton, Frank Richard

Turbots, like other fish, do not spawn all at the same time; therefore, there is always good and bad nearly all the year round.

From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William

The Turbots were never so closely connected with the bourgeoisie.

From When Winter Comes to Main Street by Overton, Grant Martin