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Definition of Rodsmen
1. rodsman [n] - See also: rodsman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rodsmen
Literary usage of Rodsmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Wells, Vermont, for the First Century After Its Settlement by Hiland Paul, Robert Parks (1869)
"Where the old lady, speaking of Mn Harmon, the same •was corroborated by Joseph
Parks, as to Mr. Cowdry being connected with the rodsmen, as stated by ..."
2. Library of Southern Literature by John Calvin Metcalf (1909)
"Everywhere the leveller was peering through his glass, rodsmen were whacking
their way through willow-brakes and rose-hedges, and the sweating Irishmen ..."
3. Old Creole Days by George Washington Cable (1897)
"Everywhere the leveller was peering through his glass, rodsmen were whacking
their way through willow- brakes and rose-hedges, and the sweating Irishmen ..."
4. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1850)
"Many wonderful things are told of these rodsmen, especially in searching for sti
eams of water under ground, for the purpose of excavating wells. ..."
5. Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools by Edwin Mims (1910)
"Everywhere the leveller was peering through his glass, rodsmen were whacking
their way through willow-brakes and rose-hedges, and the sweating Irishmen ..."
6. Salmon and Trout by Dean Sage (1902)
"... when ancient rodsmen used diverse and curious pastes and oils, which were
seductive to fish ; in Walton's day and long after this practice was followed ..."
7. Salmon and Trout by Dean Sage, Charles Haskins Townsend, Hugh McCormick Smith, William Charles Harris (1904)
"This has been verified from the earliest days of our art, when ancient rodsmen
used diverse and curious pastes and oils, which were seductive to fish ..."
8. Islands of the Southern Seas: Hawaii, Samoa, New Zealand, Tasmania by Michael Myers Shoemaker (1898)
"There is no sport for rodsmen in these singularly clear waters, and even those
with nets must fish by dark. In the moonlight or daylight nothing can be ..."
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