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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An angler's outfit; angling-gear; the hooks, lines, rods, and other implements of the art of fishing.

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  • “Rabbit tracks and salmon bellies were his diet with a vengeance, for he depended largely on his rifle and fishing-tackle.”

    The Gold Hunters of the North

  • “I ran into Brauer at the recent ICAST fishing-tackle trade show, where we had a long talk and where I asked him for three specific tips that would help readers here perfect their pitching technique.”

    Flip It Like Brauer

  • “Meeting last October in the back room of a fishing-tackle shop in Ashland, Va.,”

    The Wall Street Journal: Tea Parties Forge Alliances in Bid to Advance Agendas

  • “Which brings up the whole question of consolidation in the fishing-tackle industry.”

    Consolidated Tackle

  • “We know that makers of fishing-tackle boxes (like the Plano Molding Co. of Illinois) certainly do.”

    Newsweek: Deduction Redux

  • “HILDE and LYNGSTRAND, both with fishing-tackle, walk along the bank of the pond.”

    The Lady from the Sea

  • “That gentleman, in his usual mood of silence, sate in the stern of the little skiff which they used on such occasions, trimming his fishing-tackle, and, from time to time, indicating by signs to Graeme, who pulled the oars, which way he should row.”

    The Abbot

  • “One defense witness, who identified himself as a former Forest Service employee, brought a fishing-tackle box of ancient sandals, matting, and cordage that he admitted removing from the rockshelter while working for the Forest Service.”

    Riding for the Brand

  • “There was much fishing-tackle on the walls, both men and women being excessively fond of what I suppose may be called angling.”

    The Golden Chersonese and the way thither

  • “The fishing-tackle, Miss Laidlaw tells the Editor (mainly red hackles, tied on hair, not gut), still occupies the drawer, except a few flies which were given, as relics, to the late Mr. Thomas Tod Stoddart.”

    Waverley

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