ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: obsolete Dutch pekel-haerinck (now pekelharing ), from Dutch pekel pickle + obsolete Dutch haerinck herring (from Middle Dutch harinc, herinc ) — more at herring
1. : a pickled herring
2.
[Dutch pekelharing, from German pickelhering, from Pickelhering, droll comic character of the 17th century German stage]
: buffoon