Swedes have a word for a man who visits prostitutes - torsk. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
Ditt usla gam, din slemmige torsk, förnicklade, pappskalle skum. From Wordnik.com. [Expressen: Nyheter] Reference
Waterfowl were in considerable abundance: but torsk and holibut were almost the only kinds of fish that were caught. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe] Reference
The only fish we got were some torsk and halibut, which were chiefly brought by the natives to sell; and we caught a few sculpins about the ship, with some purplish star-fish, that had seventeen or eighteen rays. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16] Reference
Known on the other side of the Atlantic as torsk. From Wordnik.com. [Noreast.com Discussion Boards] Reference
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