Mackinaw trout
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Mackinaw trout
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
Example Sentences
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This year the guides are taking parties of four over to Shoshone Lake for a chance at the big Mackinaw trout.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cross, Barney, and the rest, were immensely successful, and hauled in tremendous quantities of bass, perch, Mackinaw trout, and Connecticut shad.
From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters by Ward, Artemus
For the large Mackinaw trout the upper end of St. Mary Lake is a good place.
From Glacier National Park [Montana] by Interior, United States Dept. of the
A hook anywheres in the bay, and at any time of the year, would catch Mackinaw trout, many as one would want.
From History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan A Grammar of Their Language, and Personal and Family History of the Author by Blackbird, Andrew J.
Lake or Mackinaw trout are as voracious as pike.
From Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings by Strickland, W. P. (William Peter)
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