Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A basket for catching eels; an eel-pot.
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Examples
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In winter I take my eel-basket and eel-spear and travel out on foot on the iceI have a small axe to cut holes in the ice;
Poem of Joys 1900
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In winter I take my eel-basket and eel-spear and travel out on foot on the ice -- I have a small axe to cut holes in the ice,
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855
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Otters are frequently found on the banks of the Thames, and a large one was caught in an eel-basket, near Windsor, but the hunting of them is discontinued.
Anecdotes of Dogs Edward Jesse 1824
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