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
The fish pole struck the tree trunks right and left.
From The Tale of Pony Twinkleheels by Arthur Scott Bailey
This fish pole arrangement of twine and stick is handed to the first man on each team.
From School, Church, and Home Games by George Orrin Draper
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 Gean Smith
I have seen a pickerel dodge as quickly at a sudden cloud-shadow as at the motion of a man wielding a fish pole.
From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by William Beebe
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