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Definition of Gaffing
1. gaff [v] - See also: gaff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaffing
Literary usage of Gaffing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Letters of Pliny the Consul: With Occasional Remarks by Pliny, William Melmoth (1747)
"... I Retired to. my. villa, at; T)uft;urn,5 with, the hopes- pf gaffing. my time
here^ at- leaft, ..."
2. The Sportsman in Ireland: With His Summer Route Through the Highlands of by Robert Allan, John Dix (1840)
"D. M . — Irish Cunning and Roguery — O'Rourke, the Salmon-Poacher —Story of
O'Rourke and the Magistrate—gaffing at the Falls —The Poacher in Exile—The Flood ..."
3. The Romance of the World's Fisheries: Interesting Descriptions of the Many by Sidney Harry Wright (1908)
"... real bite—A long spell of hard work— " Sulking "—gaffing—Fishing in the ... gaffing ..."
4. The Science of Dry Fly Fishing and Salmon Fly Fishing by Frederick George Shaw (1907)
"... a spinning line—Your first salmon—The rise of the salmon— gaffing—Necessity
of learning how to cast—The position of the salmon reel—Casting. ..."
5. The Sea and the Rod by Charles Thomas Paske, Frederick George Aflalo (1892)
"... Conjectures—Modus operandi : Spinners —Playing and gaffing—Depth—Flies for
Salmon-trout—Good Fishing-stations. APART from the estimation in which this ..."
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