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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Trawling_Drawing.jpg/220px-Trawling_Drawing.jpg)
Noun
[edit]trawling (countable and uncountable, plural trawlings)
- 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.
- A laborious search.
- 2011, Christopher Hitchens, Arguably:
- 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.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]fishing technique
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Verb
[edit]trawling
- present participle and gerund of trawl