stringful
nounEtymology From string + -ful.
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A set of objects tied to a string.
- a stringful of fish
- Fish are begining^([sic]) to bite, we noticed several nice stringsful this week.1900 April 6, “Local Notes”, in The Galesburg Enterprise, volume XIV, number 40, Gakesburg, Kan.:
4 more examples
- So roach were taken by the stringsful.1934 May 10, Ben Courter, “Jersey Trout Anglers Come Into Own as May Days Bring Insect Hatch as Effective Lure”, in Evening Courier, volume 50, number 293, Camden, N.J., page thirty:
- Dragging stringsful of tasty fish out of the ponds kept the neighborhood kids occupied for about nine weeks, but conservation officials felt it only fair to put the fish back in a less muddy environment.1943 August 31, “55,000 Fish Rescued From Ponds Formed Along River During Flood”, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat, volume 69, number 104, St. Louis, Mo., page 3A:
- We have caught many fine stringsful in that manner.1945 March 2, Izaak Walton Scribe, “Comments On Hunting and Fishing”, in Washington Citizen, volume XXXX, number 40, Washington, Mo., page six:
- That Roosevelt bridge fishing is getting back to its strong normal again: they’re bringing ’em by in by stringsful . . . . .1948 October 21, “Heard …”, in The Madill Record, volume XL, number 17, Madill, Okla., page 1: