sac-a-lait
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sac-a-lait
1880–85, < Louisiana French < Choctaw sakli trout (taken as sac sack 1 + à for + lait milk)
Example Sentences
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“Around here you pull up bass, catfish, white perch, crawfish and sac-a-lait,” he says, “at least we used to.”
From Salon
“Around here you pull up bass, catfish, white perch, crawfish and sac-a-lait,” he says.
From The Guardian
Chef/owners Cody and Samantha Carroll, named the “Kings of Louisiana Seafood” in the seafood cook off in the 2013 edition of the New Orleans Food & Wine Experience, opened Sac-a-Lait in a former cotton mill in the western edge of the Warehouse District in March.
From Forbes
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