Spanish Spec, Spanish Speck, noun

Origin:: DutchShow more Calque formed on Dutch Spaansche spek, see spanspek.

1863 T. Shone Diary. 11 Feb.We had some fine melons and Spainish Spec to eat Very fine ones.

1971 R. Raven-Hart (tr. of E. Hesse) in Cape G.H. 1652–1702 II. 227They observed no measure of diet, but drank all too much wine, and ate too much Spanish Speck and water-lemons [sic], and thus fell into a mortal sickness.

spanspek.

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Spanish reed, noun phrasen. phr.spanspek, sponspek, nounn.

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