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trawlings

trawlings is the plural of trawling.

Meaning of trawling

Noun

trawling (countable and uncountable, plural trawlings)

  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.
  2. A laborious search.
    • 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.2011, Christopher Hitchens, Arguably

Questions about trawlings

What is trawlings the plural of?
Trawlings is the plural of trawling.

Words near trawlings in the dictionary

  1. trawler
  2. trawlerman
  3. trawlermen
  4. trawlers
  5. trawling
  6. trawlings
  7. trawlman
  8. trawlmen
  9. trawlnet
  10. trawlnets
  11. trawls

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