Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fishing-line suspended from a branch of a tree, with the hook immersed in the water beneath: used for catching catfish in a Mississippi river overflow.
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Examples
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Besides a tiny lack of crispness in the brush-line, I can hardly tell it's digital.
Ooh, get Mister Digital Roger Langridge 2006
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