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Spiller   /spˈɪlər/   Listen
Spiller

noun
1.
An attacker who sheds or spills blood.  Synonym: shedder.
2.
A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys).  Synonyms: setline, trawl, trawl line, trotline.





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"Spiller" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Islands the first place she've touched at, I might pick up a bravish order in the way of fresh milk and eggs, not to mention that Job Clemow sold me half-a-hundredweight of plaice, with a cod or two, that he took on the spiller yesterday." ...
— Major Vigoureux • A. T. Quiller-Couch


Words linked to "Spiller" :   assaulter, trawl line, assailant, aggressor, fishing line, spill, attacker


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