penk

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛŋk/

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penk (plural penks)

1. (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, […] .

• “penk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.