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snook

[snook, snook] / snuk, snʊk /




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Setting out into the Gulf of Mexico in threes and fours, fishermen returned with buckets of tarpon and long, streaked snook.

From Seattle Times Dec. 13, 2023

From Indigenous fisheries to commercial operations, snook have been celebrated as a high-quality river fish since the time of Mayan rule, making river fisheries in Mexico important for food, Pease said.

From Science Daily Nov. 28, 2023

Fish vary in their omega-3 levels and generally the fishier they taste the more omega-3 fats they have — such as tuna, salmon, deep sea perch, trevally, mackeral and snook.

From Salon Sep. 25, 2023

It was as if they were cocking a snook at the new president.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2022

So we were really amped to know that Dad would soon be back in his skiff, guiding for bonefish and tarpon and snook.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

In times yet to come, British football administrators would infamously cock their haughty snooks at the World Cup, the European Cup, and the European Championship.

From The Guardian Jul. 20, 2012

Last week, although nothing so serious was in sight, Great Britain cocked two more snooks across the Atlantic.

From Time Magazine Archive

The last I saw of him he was sailing off quite comfortable, cocking snooks at the whole lot.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 29, 1892 by Various

"Maybe you an' I'll go snooks," proposed Jimmy.

From The Newsboy Partners Or Who Was Dick Box? by Frank V. Webster

I wanted Charlie to go snooks with me, but he hasn’t got time.

From Stepsons of Light by Eugene Manlove Rhodes




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