trawling

Definitions

1. A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines.
   countable, uncountable
2. A laborious search.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“No longer would he have⟳ to fear the deportation of Gerald Haxton, who as an American was constantly running that risk⟳ in his trawlings through the bars of London.”

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