togue
Americannoun
plural
togues,plural
togueEtymology
Origin of togue
First recorded in 1830–40; from Canadian French, from Eastern Algonquian, perhaps shortening of Mi'kmaq atoγwa·su “trout”
Example Sentences
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The hefty-sized togue smashed the previous record of 41 inches and 31.5 pounds, which had been set in 1958 by Hollis Grindle.
From Fox News • Jul. 8, 2020
Once Poland was able to get the lake trout, or togue, to the surface, he managed to grab it with his hands and drag it into the boat.
From Fox News • Jul. 8, 2020
Dr. A. L. Adams of the British army, in a recent work on the Natural History of New Brunswick, calls it "the togue or toladi, Salmo confinis, DeKay, the gray-spotted lake-trout."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 by Various
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