spek

British  

/ spek /

noun

1. bacon, fat, or fatty pork used for larding venison or other game

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Etymology

Origin of spek

Afrikaans

Example Sentences

And for-thy, nece, er that his herte breke, So spek your-self to him of this matere; For with o word ye may his herte stere.

From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey

I am use to zat,—I am use to have persons smile reeseeblement, to tap zere fronts, an' spek of ze strait-jackets.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 by Various

"You spek of Henri Jolicœur, of Pierre Roche," he went on.

From Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout by Leighton, Robert

It's an honor to stand befacin' such a audonce to spek a wor'r'd,' he says, 'for me frend, James de Duggan.'

From William Adolphus Turnpike by Banks, William

Till him he send; and gan him pray, That he wald cum all anerly For to spek with him priuely.

From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Scott, Walter, Sir