schnapper
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of schnapper
1820–30; variant of snapper; sch < German
Example Sentences
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On reaching the deck we found the officers and crew hauling in schnapper as fast as they could bait their hooks.
From Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 by W. H. (William Henry) Corfield
Moreover, schnapper and other prime fish are often sold there as low as 4d. per lb., a price at which no one can complain.
From The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken by Philip E. Muskett
These were quickly skinned and cut up; then we lifted anchor and pulled southward for about half a mile, knowing we should catch but few schnapper where leather-jackets were.
From Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 by Louis Becke
"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 William Delisle Hay
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 Howard Willoughby
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