fish pole
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fish pole
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Example Sentences
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I usually could find things: a fish line, or a forgotten fish pole.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
This was nothing more than a bamboo fish pole with a red flag secured to it.
From The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers by Patchin, Frank Gee
Before long he heard a sprightly whistle, and a barefooted boy, carrying a tin pail, and with a fish pole over his shoulder, appeared round a curve in the road.
From The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code by Wrenn, Charles L. (Charles Lewis)
He deliberately swung his fish pole into the bushes, and when it caught, as he knew it would, he set down his load, and turned as if to release it.
From At the Foot of the Rainbow by Stratton-Porter, Gene
One of the Indians has in his hand a long, stiff rod about the size of a bamboo fish pole.
From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by Laughlin, J. E.
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