单词 | brother of the angle |
释义 | > as lemmasbrother of the angle P3. brother of the angle: a (fellow) angler. ΚΠ 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 5 I am a Brother of the Angle . View more context for this quotation 1696 J. Smith True Art Angling (title page) By J. S. Gent. A Brother of the Angle. 1831 Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 10 Dec. 4/4 For the information of brothers of the angle.., I am induced to make the following extracts from some hasty notes..on my return from several trout fishing excursions in this neighbourhood. 1883 Builder 21 July 68/3 While very young [he] became an ardent brother of the angle. 1908 D. H. M. Read Highways & Byways in Hampshire xiv. 226 The peaceful water meadows are connected with brothers of the angle and their gentle art. 2009 Public Opinion (Chambersburg, Pa.) (Nexis) 6 Mar. I have one friendship that began with casual conversation in the fly shop that has evolved into dozens of road trips. Kindred spirits are we brothers of the angle. < as lemmas |
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