fish pole
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fish pole
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Example Sentences
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I usually could find things: a fish line, or a forgotten fish pole.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
Pa wouldn't get up at four o'clock in the morning to go to early mass, unless he could take a fish pole along and some angel worms.
From Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa 1883 by Smith, Gean
And betimes, if I should iver break me old cane fish pole, I could take this down to the river, and there, the books call it 'whipping the water.'
From At the Foot of the Rainbow by Stratton-Porter, Gene
Oh, there goes Paul, and with a fish pole, too.
From The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm or, Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays by Hope, Laura Lee
This fish pole arrangement of twine and stick is handed to the first man on each team.
From School, Church, and Home Games by Draper, George Orrin
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