Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The use of a hand-line; the act or method of catching fish with a hand-line.
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Examples
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An oral informant from Calvert, for example, had joined her husband from her middle years to retirement in handlining for cod, having also raised a family of fifteen children and worked in the family saw mill through her earlier married life.
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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So I'm gently handlining the now-doubly-tired fish, which again reached the net ... and the hook pulls out.
Lost at the Net 2009
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So I'm gently handlining the now-doubly-tired fish, which again reached the net ... and the hook pulls out.
Lost at the Net 2009
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They are equipped with inboard diesel motors and are also used primarily for handlining and trolling.
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Fishermen generally employ these catamarans for trolling and handlining.
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