Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Linen or cotton twine used in the manufacture of salmon-nets. It is a strong twine of various sizes, corresponding to the varying sizes of nets.
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Examples
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The boy backed away with awkward alacrity, but still keeping his hold on the salmon-twine.
The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901
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When the boy came back, the farmer took the bunch of rags, smeared them liberally with wet gunpowder, and tied them into a loose, fluffy ball, on the end of a length of salmon-twine.
The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901
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In his pocket he always carried a bunch of stout salmon-twine and a bit of copper rabbit-wire, apt to be needed in a hundred forest emergencies.
Kings in Exile Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901
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"Fetch me the new bindin 'rope out of the spare manger; an' a bunch of rags, an 'some salmon-twine.
The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901
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