Definition of Fishpoles

1. fishpole [n] - See also: fishpole

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fishpoles

fishmongering
fishmongers
fishmongery
fishmouth
fishmouths
fishnet
fishnets
fishnetted
fisho
fishos
fishpaste
fishplate
fishplates
fishpole
fishpole bamboo
fishpoles (current term)
fishpond
fishponds
fishpool
fishseller
fishsellers
fishskin
fishskins
fishtail
fishtail bit
fishtail palm
fishtailed
fishtailing
fishtails
fishtank

Literary usage of Fishpoles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London (1911)
"Natives whom I did not remember ever having seen before strayed over the rail and presented me with such things as fishpoles, fish-lines, and fish-hooks ..."

2. Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley by Clifton Johnson (1913)
"baskets and boxes of food, and with guns or nets and fishpoles. Many got off at each station, and when I, too, left the train, it was with the usual crowd. ..."

3. Rip Van Winkle: Folk-opera in Three Acts by Reginald DeKoven, Percy MacKaye (1919)
"Where are your fishpoles ? Who learns ye how to fly your kites? Who calls ye From school, when bobolinks are in the meadow, To play at hookie all a summer's ..."

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