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fly-fish
[ flahy-fish ]
/ ˈflaɪˌfɪʃ /
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verb (used without object) Angling.
to fish with artificial flies as bait.
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Origin of fly-fish
First recorded in 1745–55
Words nearby fly-fish
fly-cast,
fly casting,
flycatcher,
fly-drive,
flyer,
fly-fish,
fly-fishing,
fly, flying,
fly front,
fly gallery,
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How to use fly-fish in a sentence
When Chérif got out of prison, he worked at the fish counter of a supermarket.
“The government just wanted to catch the big fish [in the Juarez cartel] and they ignored everything in between,” Lozoya said.
Andrew still plans to fly to Davos in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum on January 21, representing the British government.
After some animated debate at the conference, Lelaie declared, with some frustration, “If you push on the stick, you will fly.”
Thus it attracted a wave of cowboy operators to fly passengers and cargo between cities.
He must be The saltest fish that swims the sea.And, oh!He has a secret woe!
Aristide darted off like a dragon-fly in the sunshine, as happy as a child with a new toy.
He looked up from his fish and replied, somewhat cuttingly, "By contesting a borough and getting elected."
Smoking, the angry and fuming king protests, had made our manners as rude as those of the fish-wives of Dieppe.
But what if I catch the fish by using a hired boat and a hired net, or by buying worms as bait from some one who has dug them?
British Dictionary definitions for fly-fish
verb
(intr) angling to fish using artificial flies as luresSee dry fly, wet fly Derived forms of fly-fish
fly-fisher, nounfly-fishing, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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