fish pole

American  

noun

1. fishing pole.

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Etymology

Origin of fish pole

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Example Sentences

I usually could find things: a fish line, or a forgotten fish pole.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

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

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 Beebe, William

Then Laddie dropped the sheep and twisted the fish pole from my fingers, and I pushed him as hard as I could, but he was too strong.

From Laddie; a true blue story by Stratton-Porter, Gene