red-herring
Nouns
- (n) any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
- (n) a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color smoked herring,
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(n) 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