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In reference to houses reminiscent of New England architecture, from 1916.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1602">1602</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to Cape Cod">Entries linking to <i>Cape Cod</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of cod" href="/word/cod#etymonline_v_15769">cod<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>large sea fish, edible and widely distributed in colder seas, mid-14c. (late 13c. in a surname, <span class="foreign notranslate">Thomas cotfich</span>), of unknown origin; despite similarity of form it has no conclusive connection to the widespread Germanic word for "bag" (represented by Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">codd</span>, preserved in <a href="/word/cod-piece" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cod-piece " class="crossreference notranslate">cod-piece</a>). <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Codfish</strong></span> is from 1560s. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Cod-liver oil</strong></span><span class="foreign notranslate">,</span> known at least since 1610s, was recommended medicinally from 1783 but did not become popular as a remedy until after 1825.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of Cape Cod">Trends of <i>Cape Cod</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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