pollack

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun United States filmmaker (born in 1934)
noun lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish
noun important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod

“I had to go over and tell Henry Pollack he was dying. — Anne's House of Dreams, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
They learnt that the prestige of the British arms had been restored by Pollack, and that the campaign was ended. — The Life of Sir Richard Burton, Thomas Wright
Dorrie Pollack as Monsieur le Duc de Tourville was a model of gallantry in a feathered hat and stiff ringlets (the result of an agonizing night passed in tight knobby curl papers! — The Luckiest Girl in the School, Angela Brazil

Sydney Pollack

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