speckled trout


Origin of speckled trout

1
An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

Words Nearby speckled trout

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How to use speckled trout in a sentence

  • This time it was a fine speckled trout, bigger than any that Mr. Black had been able to hook.

    The Castaways of Pete's Patch | Carroll Watson Rankin
  • Tad held up for the inspection of the fat boy a handsome speckled trout, fully twelve inches long.

  • And here Robert jerked into the boat a fine speckled trout caught by the bait of a garden worm.

    Cedar Creek | Elizabeth Hely Walshe
  • They were both speckled trout, lived side by side, ate the same food, but differed as greatly as a red-headed boy and an albino.

    Days in the Open | Lathan A. Crandall
  • I had hooked, and was playing a medium sized speckled trout, when it was seized and gorged by a sixteen-pound salmon trout.

    Fishing With The Fly | Charles F. Orvis and Others

British Dictionary definitions for speckled trout

speckled trout

noun
  1. another name for brook trout

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