fish pole

noun

1. fishing pole.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fish pole¹

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Example Sentences

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

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When he got to a point half way to the bank Roger held up the fish pole, so that Adrian could grasp it.

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"Where is my fish pole, mother?"

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To an idler a river means a fish pole, to a heated schoolboy a bath; to the man of affairs the stream suggests a turbine wheel; while the same stream leads the philosopher to reflect upon the influence of great rivers upon cities and civilizations.

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In July, 1902, I was spending a few days at Spokane, Wash. Nearly every day I would take an old cane fish pole and go to the river just above the falls and fish for bass.

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