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trawling

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Bottom trawling.

Noun

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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.
    • 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.

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Verb

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trawling

  1. present participle and gerund of trawl