snoek
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of snoek
First recorded in 1790–1800; from Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch snoec “pike, northern pike”
Example Sentences
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When the migratory snoek moved away for months, only returning a few weeks ago, he said he earned nothing.
From US News ● May 23, 2015
The long, thin silver snoek fish is one of South Africa's traditional foods and a main source of income for the town of Lambert's Bay.
From US News ● May 23, 2015
The fishing spines are that of the most eaten fish here in the Cape, named snoek.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2012
It was Dr. Summerskill who, as Parliamentary Under Secretary to the Ministry of Food, helped introduce whale meat and snoek to British markets as substitutes for juicy roast beef and mutton saddles.
From Time Magazine Archive
“The fact of the matter is that the Malay vote is a power just here, and it would be about as easy to uproot Table Mountain itself as the diabolical snoek trumpet under discussion.”
From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Mitford, Bertram
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