Forms: see TROLL v. [f. TROLL v. + -ER1.]

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  1.  One who trolls catches, songs, etc.: see TROLL v. 10.

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a. 1734.  North, Lives (1826), II. 205. He was a great troller of songs.

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1824.  Miss Mitford, Village, Ser. I. (1863), 113. A troller of profane catches.

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  2.  Angling. One who trolls for pike, etc.: see TROLL v. 13.

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1651–7.  T. Barker, Art of Angling (1659), 30. The best Trouler for a Pike within this Realm of England.

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1682.  Nobbes (title), The Compleat Troller, or the Art of Trolling.

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1820.  T. F. Salter (title), The troller’s guide; a practical treatise on the art of trolling or fishing for jack and pike.

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1894.  Field, 1 Dec., 838/2. The trollers killed ten.

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  b.  A trolling-rod.

10

1688.  [see trolling-rod s.v. TROLLING vbl. sb. 4].

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