speck
1. noun
a black person. Offensive US, 1980
2. verb
1
to search for gold or opal on the surface of the ground AUSTRALIA, 1888.
2
to place a highly speculative bet on a horse AUSTRALIA, 1960
Speck
noun► the SpeckTasmania. A reference to the shape and size of Tasmania on a map; shortened from obsolete the 'Fly-speck Isle'
AUSTRALIA, 1916