schnapper
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of schnapper
1820–30; variant of snapper; sch < German
Example Sentences
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The best sea-fishing is perhaps that to be had with the schnapper in Port Phillip Bay, where the fish are plentiful about the lines of reef, and range in weight up to forty pounds.
From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Willoughby, Howard
The schnapper, the best of all Australian fish, is too well known to here enter into a detailed description.
From Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 by Becke, Louis
On the appearance of a `blue pointer' among boats fishing for schnapper outside, the general cry is raised, `Look out for the blue pointer.'
From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis
"Well," said Old Colonial, "there's no time now; but we've got to get some schnapper for supper to-night, so you and I will go and fish down the Arapaoa yonder; then I'll tell you."
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by Hay, William Delisle
The schnapper, the best of all Australian fish, is too well known to English visitors to describe in detail.
From By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories by Becke, Louis
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