sac-a-lait

[ sak-uh-ley, sak-uh-ley ]

noun
  1. the white crappie.: See under crappie.

Origin of sac-a-lait

1
1880–85, Americanism;<Louisiana French <Choctaw sakli trout (taken as sacsack1 + à for + lait milk)

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