Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hand-line; a fishing-line worked by hand without a rod. See
hand-line . - noun A horizontal line, as in a genealogical table, which is carried lower down when the space for continuing it horizontally is insufficient.
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Examples
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He taught me how to bait a hook and dangle a drop-line in the water with just enough slack to get a bite.
The Hand You’re Dealt Paul Volponi 2008
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He taught me how to bait a hook and dangle a drop-line in the water with just enough slack to get a bite.
The Hand You’re Dealt Paul Volponi 2008
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He taught me how to bait a hook and dangle a drop-line in the water with just enough slack to get a bite.
The Hand You’re Dealt Paul Volponi 2008
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He taught me how to bait a hook and dangle a drop-line in the water with just enough slack to get a bite.
The Hand You’re Dealt Paul Volponi 2008
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Charles A. Dana, editing the New York _Sun_, printed this drop-line, and said it was a proof that Lincoln had no hand in his Vice being proposed or nominated.
The Lincoln Story Book Henry Llewellyn Williams
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Charles A. Dana, editing the New York Sun, printed this drop-line, and said it was a proof that Lincoln had no hand in his Vice being proposed or nominated.
The Lincoln Story Book Williams, Henry L 1907
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While we were lolling in our boat, half drowsy with the warm stillness of the day and the dullness of our sport, one of our party, a worthy alderman, was overtaken by a slumber, and, as he dozed, suffered the sinker of his drop-line to lie upon the bottom of the river.
Tales of a Traveller Washington Irving 1821
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Pic. 3 shows as DeSpot successfully detect (mark) drop-line of first frame.
Doom9's Forum 2010
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Pic. 4 shows as DeSpot successfully detect (mark) drop-line of second frame.
Doom9's Forum 2010
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Mr. Jerome explained that this will introduce the Island's youngest anglers to the different ways one can put a line in the water, from drop-line fishing to fly-fishing.
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