schoolie
Americannoun
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a fish that swims within a school.
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Australian Informal. a schoolteacher or student.
noun
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a schoolteacher
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a high-school student
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a holiday away from home in which large numbers of school leavers join together
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SCHOOL'S IN: Keep schoolie fish near your boat by rigging a caught fish to a boat bumper or mooring buoy.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It's easy to do, and it helps prevent schoolie dolphin from spooking once you start catching them," says Dingman.
From Time Magazine Archive
I've since used the various models on red snapper, weakfish, stripers, summer flounder and schoolie bluefin, and feel I've released them all in good condition.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Often when we're fishing small schoolie dolphin weighing less than ten pounds, a bigger fish weighing 30 or 40 pounds or more shows up," he says.
From Time Magazine Archive
A short time later we were on the water and into some schoolie stripers, so I rigged Barbie with a small jig and carefully sharpened the hook.
From Time Magazine Archive
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