fairmaid

Etymology

From fair + maid.

fairmaid means A mermaid from a blackwater creek or river. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

A mermaid from a blackwater creek or river.“I go down to the punt-trench and I beg the water people. Help me, I say. I throw eggs — fresh eggs — in the black water. It was to feed the fairmaids.”
Synonym of snowdrop.“Fairmaid is a soft pink flower, very pleasing.”
A smoked or salted pilchard.“The low prices which fish have been bringing of late years is a serious matter for those who prosecute the fisheries to look in the face. Has the taste for fairmaids died out with the Italians, or are they being supplied from other countries ?”