Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In angling, same as
drop-per , 4.
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Examples
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He finished reeling in his line, hooked the drop-fly into the reel-guide, shifted his creel, buttoned on the landing-net, and quietly turned around and inspected Mrs. Dysart.
The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899
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He tugs downwards and backwards, but too late; the drop-fly is fast wrapt in Ceratophyllum and Glyceria,
Prose Idylls, New and Old Charles Kingsley 1847
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