Fisk
noun
James, 1834–72, U.S. financier and stock speculator.
Fisk
American
[fisk]
/ fɪsk /
noun
fisk
British
/ fɪsk /
verb
Etymology
Origin of fisk
C21: after the use of this technique by Robert Fisk (born 1946), British journalist, to criticize articles
Example Sentences
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Matthew Josephson’s group portrait of the most powerful men of the Gilded Age—his subjects include Jay Gould, James Fisk, John D. Rockefeller and J.P.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
"This Muslim community, they're really good people, you know," said Katelynn Fisk, a neighbor who was out walking her dog.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
AFP asked Adam Fisk, head of US-based nonprofit Lantern, which offers an advanced VPN, how his technology and similar apps can get around such heavy-handed blocking.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
If that’s the case, it feels like it’s time to give the great Fisk an honorary Oscar at the next Governors Awards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
Fisk had sold all of his size D batteries and all but one of his snow shovels.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
But a large stretch of this water is rented by the Kalkis fisk Klubb.
From Through Finland in Carts by Mrs. (Ethel) Alec-Tweedie
Take me from Pevensey to fisk and flyte through fern and forest, and in three days Robert’s keels would be lying on Pevensey mud with ten thousand men!
From Puck of Pook’s Hill by Arthur Rackham
"Any time you wanting a salmon fisk I give you one free."
From Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley
Fisc, fisk, n. the state treasury: the public revenue: one's purse.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
"If de salmon fisk been running like dis tree day more Aye cleans oop sax t'ousand doller."
From Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley
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