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red herring

noun

1 red herring

Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue.

Dutch: bokking

2 red herring

A dried and smoked herring having a reddish color.

synonym: smoked herring.

Dutch: gerookte haring

3 red herring

A first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus:
— Because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring.

synonym: preliminary prospectus.


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