fish-basket

noun

A basket used by anglers to carry caught fish.

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Meanings

nounfish-basket (plural fish-baskets)

plural fish-baskets

  1. A basket used by anglers to carry caught fish.

    I called to the boy, who was still standing on the bank, to take the fish-basket, which I had left behind, and follow me over the barrier[.]

    1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 154

Translations

Māori tauremu
  • tauremuA basket for holding or carrying caught fish, a creel.
Portuguese samburá
  • samburáA basket for holding or carrying caught fish, a creel.
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