Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plummet or sinker, usually conical, used in fishing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Sailor's Cant Deep-sea.
- noun Local, U. S. A sinker attached to a fishing line; also, a line having several branches, each with such a sinker, used in deep-sea fishing.
- noun (Naut.), Rare A deep-sea lead.
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Examples
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He provided several important baskets with his laborious, dipsey-doodle inside game, and his defensive presence was a key to Dallas 'struggles in its first playoff defeat of the season.
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In his hand Blodgett held the seven-pound dipsey lead, but he stood his ground.
The Mutineers Charles Boardman Hawes
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Heaving his head for our dipsey-lead in sign that we keep the sea.
Departmental Ditties & Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Heaving his head for our dipsey-lead in sign that we keep the sea.
Verses 1889-1896 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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"I can't do it no how, I sees that," said Smallbones, "so I may just as well go down like a dipsey lead."
Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend Frederick Marryat 1820
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"My dipsey line ar'n't long enough either," replied Coble.
Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend Frederick Marryat 1820
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Trolling a 5 rod spread, they run grease traps off the riggers, umbrella & Hogy rigs on wire rods and a smaller umbrella rig on a wire rod with dipsey diver.www. luckyenuffsportfishing.com
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Trolling a 5 rod spread, they run grease traps off the riggers, umbrella & Hogy rigs on wire rods and a smaller umbrella rig on a wire rod with dipsey diver.www. luckyenuffsportfishing.com
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Will need a powerful dipsey-doodle that he probably doesn't possess.
Beachwood Reporter 2009
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Will need a powerful dipsey-doodle that he probably doesn't possess.
Beachwood Reporter 2009
charlene commented on the word dipsey
for Mike who loves to fish
May 30, 2010