Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A raft or scow with a small house on it designed to be floated and anchored wherever desired for use in fishing.
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A silk hat was bobbing wildly, as a fishing-float on a troubled stream, not a dozen rungs beneath, and a voice -- the voice of fear -- cried hoarsely, "Where is it?
The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various
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