fishline
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fishline
Example Sentences
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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
Give Denham a map, a fishline, a toy boat, a cave, solitude.
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
Pete detached the captive balloon, with a blessing, and pulled in the fishline.
From Copper Streak Trail by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
The steward, who had lost little time in putting out a fishline, leaned over the rail in meditation, not knowing that his misanthropic look was being almost to a line caught by Bicker behind him.
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund
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