tippet
Example Sentences
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“I quickly raised my rod, hoping I would not snap the 5X tippet against his moving weight.”
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022
He wears a fine fur tippet about his shoulders and a brown cap; for the time, his dress is strikingly plain.
From Economist • Jul. 30, 2015
Fishing with Captain Ralph Delph near the Marquesas, Arostegui caught and released a 385-pound lemon shark on 16-pound tippet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Arostegui hooked the shark on a 12 lb. tippet and fought it for over an hour.
From Time Magazine Archive
She unwound her traveling veils and threw off her fur tippet.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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