red herring
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1 red herring
Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue.
Nederlands: bokking
2 red herring
A dried and smoked herring having a reddish color.
synoniem: smoked herring.
Nederlands: 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.
synoniem: preliminary prospectus.
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