This occurs in Mordecai Richler’s St Urbain’s Horseman, in a situation where ‘Butterfingers’ might have been expected. A man playing baseball ducks out of the way when the ball comes towards him instead of trying to catch it....

Fish fingers, or fishsticks, are a processed food made using a whitefish such as cod which have been battered and/or breaded. They are commonly available in the frozen food section of Western supermarkets, and on children's menus in family-oriented...