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spek

/ spek /

noun

  1. bacon, fat, or fatty pork used for larding venison or other game
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spek1

Afrikaans
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Example Sentences

Specular, spek′ū-lar, adj. resembling a speculum: having a smooth reflecting surface: assisting vision, serving for inspection.

Subinspector, sub′in-spek-tor, n. a subordinate or assistant inspector.

Again, in answer to Cayphas's outrageous scream of fury, 'Spek man, spek!

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

The position was formed by some small boulders, overhung by spek-boem, and it commanded an ample view of anything passing beneath.

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