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Examples
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One day I went a-fishing, and on that day a woman entered the field.
The Golden Poppy 2010
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The fun's in the trying (I'm not one for crying) -- The prize is a-fishing I've been.
Florida Keys Swordfish Limerick Contest John Merwin 2008
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He and some of his young friends always went a-fishing for eels in the pond in the summers—a whole rough, good-for-nothing gang of them.
The Secret of the Sealed Room Bailey MacDonald 2010
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Now I was on the island a-fishing, and this fish came up in the net with the others; whereupon I took it, intending to broil it; but, when I opened its belly, I found the signet-ring therein; so I took it and put it on my finger.
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Every day he used to go to the sea a-fishing, and if he caught little, he sold it and spent the price on his children, after the measure of that which Allah vouchsafed him of provision; but if he caught much, he would cook a good mess of meat and buy fruit and spend without stint till nothing was left him, saying to himself, “The daily bread of to-morrow will come to-morrow.”
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Such was his case; but as regards Harun al-Rashid, he had gone out a-hunting and a-fishing only to divert his thoughts from the damsel, Kut al-Kulub.
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God speed, good woman, I have been a-fishing, and am going to Bleak Hall to my bed, and having caught more fish then will sup my self and friend, will bestow this upon you and your daughter for I use to sell none.
The Compleat Angler 2007
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An angler happened luckily to be a-fishing a little below though some very high sedge had hid him from my sight.
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He came here a-fishing, and used an old log canoe which he found on the shore.
Walden 2004
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The Governor and his Council faintly remember the pond, for they went a-fishing there when they were boys; but now they are too old and dignified to go a-fishing, and so they know it no more forever.
Walden 2004
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