Compleat Angler, The

noun

1. a book on fishing (1653) by Izaak Walton.

Example Sentences

His masterpiece, however, was The Compleat Angler, the first ed. of which was pub. in 1653.

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Alas! for the roadside fire, the cosy inn, the Compleat Angler, the Chavender or Chub!

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The Compleat Angler, the father of so many books, is the child of a few. 

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