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  • That was all, five minutes from start to finish; and two hulking brutes in the dock were trying strenuously to shift the responsibility of the possession of a stolen fishing-pole, worth probably ten cents.

    SUICIDE 2010

  • Other features include a rustproof frame, a sun umbrella and a fishing-pole holder.

    Water Wheels 2008

  • Sitting before the circle of attractive tents that faced the lake and putting in order a fishing-pole and reel, was Harley Baggott, in a brightly-colored sweater and flannel trousers.

    An American Tragedy 2004

  • A figure of a young man, with a fishing-pole in his hands.

    The Motor Girls Margaret Penrose

  • Seeing B---- 's jointed and brass-mounted fishing-pole, he took it for a theodolite, and supposed that we had been on a surveying expedition.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various

  • So it happened that a small girl in a great sunbonnet followed a small boy with a still larger straw hat and a fishing-pole and line, out of the back gate and down the lane.

    Stories of Birds Lenore Elizabeth Mulets

  • Frank drew his fishing-pole around and upward, until its willowy end rested against the straw-like strands by which the hornets 'nest was attached to the limb.

    The Boys of Bellwood School Frank V. Webster

  • The man with the fishing-pole was wiping the water from his face.

    The Motor Girls Margaret Penrose

  • Reaching a fallen tree he drew from its side a splendid fishing-pole with all the attachments that a lover of the rod and line might envy.

    The Boys of Bellwood School Frank V. Webster

  • As I was about retiring, a little barefoot fellow, about twelve years old, came along with a common fishing-pole, and hook baited with a worm, and said, "Mister, I'll catch a trout for you."

    The Nursery, No. 106, October, 1875. Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Various

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