fishing-tackle love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An angler's outfit; angling-gear; the hooks, lines, rods, and other implements of the art of fishing.

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Examples

  • Rabbit tracks and salmon bellies were his diet with a vengeance, for he depended largely on his rifle and fishing-tackle.

    The Gold Hunters of the North 2010

  • I ran into Brauer at the recent ICAST fishing-tackle trade show, where we had a long talk and where I asked him for three specific tips that would help readers here perfect their pitching technique.

    Flip It Like Brauer 2009

  • Meeting last October in the back room of a fishing-tackle shop in Ashland, Va.,

    Tea Parties Forge Alliances in Bid to Advance Agendas Neil King Jr. 2010

  • Which brings up the whole question of consolidation in the fishing-tackle industry.

    Consolidated Tackle John Merwin 2008

  • We know that makers of fishing-tackle boxes (like the Plano Molding Co. of Illinois) certainly do.

    Deduction Redux 2009

  • That gentleman, in his usual mood of silence, sate in the stern of the little skiff which they used on such occasions, trimming his fishing-tackle, and, from time to time, indicating by signs to Graeme, who pulled the oars, which way he should row.

    The Abbot 2008

  • HILDE and LYNGSTRAND, both with fishing-tackle, walk along the bank of the pond.

    The Lady from the Sea 2008

  • HILDE and LYNGSTRAND, both with fishing-tackle, walk along the bank of the pond.

    The Lady from the Sea 2008

  • One defense witness, who identified himself as a former Forest Service employee, brought a fishing-tackle box of ancient sandals, matting, and cordage that he admitted removing from the rockshelter while working for the Forest Service.

    Riding for the Brand 2005

  • There was much fishing-tackle on the walls, both men and women being excessively fond of what I suppose may be called angling.

    The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

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