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Whiff v.2. World English Historical Dictionary

Whiff v.2. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1928, rev. 2024. Whiff v.2 Angling. [Perhaps same as prec.] intr. To angle for mackerel, etc., from a swiftly moving boat with a hand-line towing the bait near the surface. Hence Whiffing vbl. sb.2 (also attrib.).

1 1836.  Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, II. 172. Hand-line fishing for Pollacks is called whiffing.

2 1863.  Johns, Home Walks, 164. We generally threw out our whiffing lines as we cruised about.

3 1886.  Globe, 22 July, 3/1. When you ‘whiff’ at Scilly, you whiff for pollack.

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