“This one — reporting England's spawny win over Spain at Euro 96 — harks back to something that happened in 1588, for goodness sake.”
“In total, there were 58 undersized, 13 spawny undersized, three spawny legal sized, and 40 legal sized for a total of 114 lobsters.”
“I had always associated this fishery with a bay in Canada, in British Columbia, that is closed off with a curtain of seine netting after the spawny herring have entered it.”