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Welshman's button

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noun

  1. an angler's name for a species of caddis fly, Sericostoma personatum

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A fishery that gave poor and diminishing results, even with the Mayfly, sedge, and Welshman's button, was not suitable for dry-fly experts, and the Ramsbury experiment was abandoned.

From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by Senior, William

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