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单词 throw-out line
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throw-out line
throw-out line n. now historical and rare a fishing line cast by hand (as opposed to one cast using a rod).
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1891 F. G. Aflalo Sea-Fishing Eng. Coast xi. 98 A rocky coast obviously affords sport only to those in boats, as a throw-out line would soon be cut to pieces.
1894 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 426/2 Catching these little fish by means of what are known locally as ‘throw out’ lines.
1911 D. L. Sharp Fall of Year iii. 21 The kind [of fishing] I like best, is from the edge of a wharf, where my feet dangle over, where my ‘throw-out’ line hums taut over my finger.
2003 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 17 Nov. g15 Back then, even bamboo fishing poles were too expensive to own so you made a throw-out line.
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