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单词 fish-gig
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fish-gign.

Brit. /ˈfɪʃɡɪɡ/, U.S. /ˈfɪʃˌɡɪɡ/
Etymology: variant of fizgig n., the first element being modified after fish n.1, from its use in catching fish.
(See quot. 1788.) = fizgig n. 4.
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a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) vi. 532/2 These Fishes are taken with..Fishgigs.
1788 A. Falconbridge Acct. Slave Trade 41 The fish-gig..an instrument used for striking fish..consists of several strong barbed points fixed on a pole, about six feet long, loaded at the end with lead.
1802 Barrington's Hist. New S. Wales i. 16 The men fish with a fish-gig.
1866 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 278/2 They were prevented from ascending by what appears to have been an ordinary fish gig.
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