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

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spek

I must kno all ov their relashuns, inkluding their mother-in-law, and if thare iz a blot on thur reputashun, as big as a fli spek, the dog wont sute me.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

Now spek, if thou art on of alle, 850 That with this vice hast ben withholde.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by G. C. (George Campbell) Macaulay

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 Geoffrey Chaucer

"I spek Anglish like an Anglishman, address to me the vord in Anglish."

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere

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 Sir Walter Scott