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penk (plural penks)
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) A minnow.
1676, Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, “The Compleat Angler”, in James Rennie, editor, The Complete Angler; Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation, published 1833, page 98:Now for the Minnow, or Penk: he is not easily found and caught till March, or in April, for then he appears first in the river, […] .
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