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Meaning of microfishing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The practice of fishing for small fish.

uncountable

Examples

“Commercially tied artificials are dressed on hooks with both turned-up and turned-down eyes. I use both, but after many seasons of microfishing I’m convinced that the turnedup eye has better hooking qualities as its rake [...]”
“'We did not go out microfishing. We hope that the whole truth will eventually emerge so that, in the matter of quarantine regulations, Mr Cunningham will be seen to be an innocent victim of somebody else's crime. [...]”
“After two hours of microfishing, my vision is blurry and I can’t focus anymore. After getting through about three months of the 1970 New York Post, I was afraid to walk out of the building and down into the subway due to the impression it left on my psyche.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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