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- noun Plural form of
sockeye .
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Examples
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The middle of June brought the first king salmon, scouts sent on ahead of the "sockeyes;" but Boyd made no effort to take advantage of this run, laboring manfully to prepare for the advance of the main army, that terrific horde that was soon to come from the mysterious depths, either to make or ruin him.
The Silver Horde Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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What the hell do you do with 148 sockeyes anyways?
Subsistence-Fishing Alaska Senator Fights Fishing Citation 2009
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What the hell do you do with 148 sockeyes anyways?
Subsistence-Fishing Alaska Senator Fights Fishing Citation 2009
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For Albert and his friends to take 148 sockeyes from this fragile system is unconscionable, regardless of their heritage, and regardless of the conflict between state and federal laws.
Subsistence-Fishing Alaska Senator Fights Fishing Citation 2009
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For Albert and his friends to take 148 sockeyes from this fragile system is unconscionable, regardless of their heritage, and regardless of the conflict between state and federal laws.
Subsistence-Fishing Alaska Senator Fights Fishing Citation 2009
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Two of us netted 26 sockeyes and 5 Kings in a couple hours.
... 2008
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We timed our launch for a shot at four of the five Alaska salmon species — kings, pinks, sockeyes, and chums — with a wild-card chance for coho and the Alaska Grand Slam of salmon.
Whitewater, Survival, and the Best Salmon Fishing in Alaska 2007
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We fought sockeyes, kings, and wolf-fanged chum salmon.
Whitewater, Survival, and the Best Salmon Fishing in Alaska 2007
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There will be silvers, chums, sockeyes, humpies, a late king or two, and the errant rainbow.
A Budget Guide to Fishing Southern Alaska's Late Summer Salmon Run 2007
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For silvers and sockeyes in rivers and streams, 8 - and 9-weights work fine.
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