fishline
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fishline
Example Sentences
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Give Denham a map, a fishline, a toy boat, a cave, solitude.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Grand Coulee, Wash., Fisherman F. M. Heaton, returning home fishless, encountered a rattlesnake, tied a slipknot in his fishline, made a cast, proceeded homeward with a rattlesnake steak.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a pocket for fishline and flies; another pocket jammed tight with first aid equipment, a snakebite kit, a small whetstone, and other necessities of outdoor life.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
A pump that won't work is like a fishline without a hook—good for nothin'.
From Flood Tide by Bassett, Sara Ware
The bottoms of our moccasins were so hopelessly gone that we had our feet wrapped in rags, with pieces of fishline tied around what remained of the uppers.
From The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Wallace, Dillon
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