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cuttyhunk
[ kuht-ee-huhngk ]
/ ˈkʌt iˌhʌŋk /
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noun
a twisted, linen fishline, especially one laid by hand.
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Origin of cuttyhunk
1915–20, Americanism; named after Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts
Words nearby cuttyhunk
cut to the bone, cut to the chase, cut to the quick, cutty, cutty grass, cuttyhunk, Cutty Sark, cutty stool, cutup, cut-up poem, cut-up technique
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How to use cuttyhunk in a sentence
The Americans use at Catalina for tuna fishing a line called cuttyhunk line; it is very thin, light, and of tremendous strength.
Fishing in British Columbia|Thomas Wilson LambertWhen Gosnold landed at Cuttyhunk in the early summer of that year he found it densely wooded and abounding in game.