fishline
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fishline
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
He thus obtained in a moment a very neat, tough, and flexible string, which he could tie into a knot, or make into a fishline even.
From Canoeing in the wilderness by Henry David Thoreau
A pump that won't work is like a fishline without a hook—good for nothin'.
From Flood Tide by Sara Ware Bassett
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
