sac-a-lait

[ sak-uh-ley, sak-uh-ley ]

noun

1. the white crappie. crappie

Word History and Origins

Origin of sac-a-lait¹

1880–85, Americanism; < Louisiana French < Choctaw sakli trout (taken as sac sack ¹ + à for + lait milk)

Example Sentences

“Around here you pull up bass, catfish, white perch, crawfish and sac-a-lait,” he says, “at least we used to.”

From Salon

“Around here you pull up bass, catfish, white perch, crawfish and sac-a-lait,” he says.

From The Guardian

Chef/owners Cody and Samantha Carroll, named the “Kings of Louisiana Seafood” in the seafood cook off in the 2013 edition of the New Orleans Food & Wine Experience, opened Sac-a-Lait in a former cotton mill in the western edge of the Warehouse District in March.

From Forbes