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  • They should be placed at right angles to the boat, -- the "thowl-pin," or, if there is not one near enough the stern, anything (a cheap gimlet answers admirably) fixed into the gunwale, being sufficient to keep the rod in position, -- so that the spinners, of whatever kind they may be, will be as far apart from each other as possible.

    Scotch Loch-Fishing William Senior

  • I laid the firelock carefully down upon the ground, and whipping out of my pocket a handful of oakum and some marline, stuffed it and a thowl-pin into the fellow's mouth, effectually gagging him, and, I fear, half-choking him at the same time.

    Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Harry Collingwood 1886

  • The thowl-pins, luckily, are already in their places, left there by the fishermen, who have been too lazy to remove and stow them snugly away; the oars are therefore hastily caught up and tossed into their places, the boat is spun round like a top until her head points seaward, and, with vigorous strokes, the two men send her foaming out along the narrow river-channel toward the sea.

    The Voyage of the Aurora Harry Collingwood 1886

  • He promptly called Tom to his assistance, but even with this aid he was unable to hold the fish; and, as a last resource, he threw a couple of turns round one of the thowl-pins.

    The Voyage of the Aurora Harry Collingwood 1886

  • Phthalates (pronounced thowl-ates) are found in many products besides medical supplies - toys, vinyl flooring and cosmetics.

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post 2009

  • Phthalates (pronounced thowl-ates) are found in many products besides medical supplies - toys, vinyl flooring and cosmetics.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • Phthalates (pronounced thowl-ates) are found in many products besides medical supplies -- toys, vinyl flooring and cosmetics.

    unknown title BY LINDSEY TANNER 2009

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