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Meanings of trotline in English

A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)

        Usage of trotline in English
        1
        They had caught the ruby-eyed creature on a deep trotline over the Monterey marine canyon.
        In the shadow of the cypress
        2
        Now I operate a trotline for catfish." Or a mother might boast, "Oh, yes, Oscar passed his college boards.
        Alas, Babylon
        3
        He and Jack liked to string trotlines then in the Coosa, up near the little town of Ohatchee.
        The prince of frogtown
        4
        "I know about lots of trotlines," he said, and laughed.
        The prince of frogtown
        5
        "You know anything about that trotline?" my father asked.
        The prince of frogtown
        Trotline through the time