tyee chinook

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a Chinook salmon, especially one over a specified weight. See tyee (def. 3) 1958 quote.

See: tyee(def. 3)

Quotations

1961

Record tyee chinook is a 92-pounder on rod and reel, a 126 1/2-pounder by net. . . .

1963

Fletcher reports a friend drew a blank Sunday at Britannia . . . another ordinarily good tyee chinook hangout at this time. . . .