Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The well of a fishing-smack in which fish are kept alive.

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Examples

  • We were able to get the rope underneath it, then we went ahead and pulled it up between the live-well here, got it up on the deck, and we man handled it, grabbed it by its fins and threw it in the water, said Michael.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Matt Johnston 2009

  • If our live-well was full, I'd get another live-well.

    Tomahawk Nation 2010

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