piscator

Example Sentences

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I enjoyed a good laugh at K——'s hot-bath fishing, but did not dream of the thorough cooling in store for my charitable piscator.

From Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Power, Tyrone

It is likewise the "Fordwich trout" of Izaak Walton, described by that poetical old piscator as "rare good meat."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various

It bent double, and the excited piscator was fain to wind up—an operation which he performed so hastily that the line became entangled with the winch of the reel, which brought it to a dead-lock.

From Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

It was a nice gray sky, but the clerk was unusually silent even for him; and the sardonic piscator appeared inscrutably amused as he looked steadily upon the running waters.

From The House by the Church-Yard by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

For several hours the unfortunate piscator flogged the water in vain.

From Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)