What does FOB stand for?

Fresh Off the Boat

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Slang/chat, popular culture

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Fresh off the boat The seeds of the study germinated at a Cape Cod Natural History Conference in 2005, when Bogomolni heard a presentation by Becky Harris, Ellis' predecessor as coordinator of SEANET at Tufts University, a program that investigates threats to marine birds throughout the Atlantic coast.

Disease agents are accumulating in sea life: a wide range of marine ...

His plywood sign reads: "Lobsters fresh off the boat.

Desperate Maine lobstermen sell from trucks, homes

One of our mantras is always to source as locally as we possibly can, and there really is no better way to bring fish to a table than straight from your own supplier, fresh off the boat.

Add a little salsa surprise to flatfish

We were an unlikely pair, the quintessential Texan and this kid fresh off the boat from Japan.

Charlie: The Legacy of a Leader

Or, as his blond dame Lureena, fresh off the boat in a slinky satin dress, puts it: “I been around.

Mad About Madras; Durang, They Sang

My new Girl Friday was fresh off the boat from down under and, while willing, it was obvious that her contacts book was woefully inadequate.

ARE YOU BEING SERVED? ROBERT JOHNSTON THOUGHT A CONCIERGE SERVICE WAS ...

Or, like Cosman, many Americans know of the stories of grandparents and great-grandparents fresh off the boat from the old country.

A resurgence of deadly diseases: diseases once thought to be nearly ...

Fresh Off the Boat is a satisfying and quietly humorous read.

De la Cruz, Melissa. Fresh off the boat